It will impact us and we can?t get away from it.

We have so many companies at Pease that are involved in international business. China is the world?s seventh-largest economy today and will likely be the fifth by the end (of 2006).

The issue is bringing cargo in and bringing cargo out - and Portland, New York, Boston, and Montreal, these are big competitors.

The bridge is not the essential limiting factor of the port. It?s not ?take down the bridge and cruise ships will come,? but finding out whether or not they want to come to Portsmouth at all.

I think all of northern New England, it would be an opportunity for them to be able to use this facility.

We need to understand how freight moves and what is involved.