Sure looks like it to me......
“This is nothing more than another boondoggle method of shifting $Billions of taxpapers’ funds to private concerns — under the guise of Homeland Security.”
Agreed, It’s BS. Totally “Showtime” on the part of the Dems, with a President that really cannot be against it or seem out of touch. Dem Politicians politicking.
In the 35 years I was involved in Containershipping I’ve seen much happen. I was there at the beginning in the late sixties, after Sealand started and just at the time the Japanese Consortium began operating after huge investments.
Todays massive Container Ships are pretty much operated by a few Nations. Their investments are Ships and equipment such as Containers and chassis unless those operators also are involved in Terminal Operations, then of course other equipment and facilities, but that isn’t the point.
The point is that these operators know their shippers. They know what goes into those containers at the point of shipment. They have safeguards in place as let’s all face facts, they have investments they don’t want blown out of the water, much less do they want legal difficulties with International ramifications, nor do they want Political Hacks using them and their industry to stoke their personal flames of glory, as Political Hacks always manage to increase the costs of doing business.
Let’s also not forget the Maritime Insurers whom have rules for inspections in place to cover potential losses as well.
As I’ve promoted before there are Vessels that can be chartered from dubious sorts out there that will haul Containers for special shipments as well there are bulk vessels, auto carriers, liquid specialty products carriers, Hell the list goes on of other than Container Ships that could potentially blow up entire harbors.
This is Democrat feel good law which although expresses new technology must be invented whenever, must rely on a system that is, and has been already in place for many years.