1.   Security is maintained by terminal operators using unique identification and password codes to gain access to the system.

2.   That accord is aimed at making it easier for port terminal operators to obtain licenses to do business in Japan.

3.   The arguments involve rules set by the Japan Harbor Transportation Association, a politically powerful, private group that represents stevedores and terminal operators.

4.   The change had a lot to do with rare unity among terminal operators, shipping lines, government officials and the courts.

5.   Those changes must be cleared by the Japan Harbor Transportation Association, a politically powerful private group that represents stevedores and terminal operators.

6.   OOCL, however, does not intend to decide which local terminal operator it will use next year until March, a spokesman said on Sunday.

7.   He added that it was now time for the terminal operator to enhance its capabilities even further by providing quality service at cost-effective rates.

8.   However, the official lamented that the PPA had to involve other port users in the economic problems of the two terminal operators.

9.   His main concern was that if the terminal operators take on their role as forwarding agents, then their role as freight forwarders will become redundant.

10.   It is understood that other terminal operators like Penang Port and Johor Port Sdn Bhd also possess a forwarding licence.