He's starting small with 35 government workers and five U.S. contractors, including Bechtel and Seattle's Stevedoring Services of America.

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The project is the biggest American investment so far in Bangladesh, but so far the authorities have not given Stevedoring Services of America permission to go ahead.

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Stevedoring seems well-qualified to run the port at Umm Qasr.

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