I have no background in maritime affairs, so could someone please explain what functions Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation currently carries out pursuant to its leasehold? "Commercial operations" could mean an awful lot or very little. 
I assume that it includes hiring and performing background checks on port employees, maintenance of critical IT systems, scheduling traffic in and out of the port, keeping records of shipments, provision for private security, etc. Seems like an awful lot of holes that the CG might not be best positioned to plug...
Edited to add: info on PO Ports' services and operations can be found at http://portal.pohub.com/portal/page?...schema=POGPRTL
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Last edited by jatx; 02-21-2006 at 16:56.
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