On 2 Sep 2016 at 20:08, Bruce  Johnson wrote:

> > Picked this up from DowJones...
> >
> >
> > Retailers Seek U.S. Help With Shipping Crisis
> >
> > U.S. retailers, bracing for a blow as they stock up for the crucial
> > holiday sales season, asked the government to step in and help
> > resolve a growing crisis caused by the near-collapse of South
> > Korea's Hanjin Shipping Co., one of the world's largest container
> > shipping companies.
>
> This is when motley crews of rickety Free traders start showing up at
> the BIG starports offering fast service for  onesie-twosie shipments
> of containers that absolutely positively have to get there :-) In real
> life this is a BIG DEAL, like affect the worlds economy big deal.
> There are hundreds of thousands of containers on Hanjin ships right
> now that are sitting at sea or detained in port. all containing other
> companies´s property...

And the Port of Portland was really upset at losing Hanjin not all
that many months back.

Looks like we'd not have the traffic even if they'd stayed..

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