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Article: Mega-port possibilities seen for Baja California.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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- December 7, 2004
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The San Diego Union-Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Dec. 7--Officials in Baja California, together with two major transportation firms, are exploring development of a commercial port south of Ensenada that could handle mega-tankers and thus gain a bigger share of the Pacific Rim's expanding trade.
The idea is in the earliest stages, but officials in Baja California envision a major container facility that would one day absorb traffic from the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles.
"It would be a world-class commercial port that could take away some of the pressure that now exists," said Sergio Tagliaprieta Nassri, Baja ...