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I heard an interview with someone on CBC Radio, not with the company, but someone in the industry. Apparently, the UAE company (which also runs the Port of Vancouver, by far the largest in Canada,) is amongst the leaders in its field, and has security and efficiency protocols that others can only dream about. Also important is that almost all of the workers will end up being local longshoreman - they won't be bringing in their own workers, just overseeing things. They also aren't talking about entire ports - in some places, they will be talking about individual piers.
He then went on a rant about Islam-o-phobia, which I could have done without. I rather suspect some issues would have been the same had it been a Cuban or North Korean company. He did mention that the UAE had tighter regulations (like radiation control devices,) than the US did. I also don't really buy the "two terrorists came from there" angle. What's important is not where they came from, it's where they became terrorists. And I believe that problem was dealt with...
The only way that they can apparently block this legislation is to bar all foreign nationals from owning, in which case there is a problem. As Wanderon pointed out, many ports are run by foreigners. Will there be American companies ready to fork out for it?
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