| For Immediate Release February 16, 2006 |
Contact Information Heather Moeder Molino 202-225-3061 |
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| From the Office of Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger Maryland's 2nd District |
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| (Baltimore, MD)- Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD) is calling for Congressional Hearings about the potential sale of the day to day shipping operations at the Port of Baltimore to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). One of the terrorists who flew a plane into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, Marwan al-Shehhi, was born in the United Arab Emirates. Other hijackers traveled through UAE on their way to the United States.
“The safety and security of Maryland families is always my top priority. I am very concerned that a company from the United Arab Emirates may be running the day to day operations at the Port of Baltimore. I would like to hold Congressional Hearings so we can have an in depth discussion about who this company is and what they will be doing with the Port,” said Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD). The United States Treasury Department has approved the sale of the Baltimore Port operations from Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P &O) of London, England, to Dubia Ports World, a government owned company from the United Arab Emirates, for a reporterd $6.8 billion. P&O currently operates the terminal and manages the unloading and loading of containers at the Seagirt and Dundalk marine terminals. The company currently employs about 65 employees. Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger is a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and is a co-chair of the Congressional Port Security Caucus. In addition, the Port of Baltimore is in the Maryland 2nd Congressional District. (####) |
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