"Peter Wiley" wrote

Never heard of Dubai. I go to a P&O port about 4 times
a
month.

http://edition.cnn.com/2006/BUSINESS/02/21/port.europe/

When they say the port of Balt, or NJ, I wonder if it means
all of them, as there are several different ports within
each city. P&O is one of 5 'lines' inside Dundalk Marine
Terminal, which is one of 5 different ports in Balt.



Icould tell you some stories about what goes on at the
piers, but it sounds like you've seen / heard it all
before.

Oh yeah. Been involved with shipping for 30 odd years.
Some of them
very odd. Actually wrote a port management software
package back in the
early 90's, was used in BVI for a while, dunno if it still
is. Good
friend of mine's brother is a wharfie (longshoreman to
you), father was
one, cousins ditto, one a maritime union representative.

I like ports, ships, general maritime stuff.


Yeah, some interesting stuff to fondle while walking around,
including sailboats.
I've gone on a few ships while docked. Just walked up the
gang plank as if I belonged there.
Gotten a LOT of ''free'' stuff off the wharfies over the
years.

My buddy and I picked up a pair of big punch presses a few
years ago. Long story short, his had $3M worth of coke
stashed inside. Customs knew about it from the origin. He
had to testify in court.


Scotty