Having multimodal access is important because shippers want to immediately move product off ships to rail via hopper or tank car. There is also growing consideration -- given fuel costs, capacity issues, and emissions concerns -- for offloading product to barge for all-water movement elsewhere.

Shippers can reduce transportation costs, especially for bulk commodities, by moving product through a port -- particularly one that has multimodal opportunities such as barge, rail, and truck.

As businesses import more product into the United States, they will have to reevaluate their transportation options. The cost of fuel will certainly add to this.

For why drives on that ship so fast, Without or wave or wind? The air is cut away before, And closes from behind.

We have seen the level of training of navy pilots and sailors, which has grown. Many naval ships have been repaired and others were launched and some of them were already commissioned,

Kings Bay could certainly be expanded to accommodate a larger contingent of ships and personnel, and this region would welcome the additional jobs that may be transferred from Connecticut, ... However, I am concerned about the adverse economic impact on the New London area, the abandonment of a huge installation of facilities, and, less quantitatively, a loss of some of the proud submariners heritage of our historic association with service and training in New London.