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John Phelan: “One of the piers is so degraded that the cranes can't sit on…”

Featuring: John Phelan, Secretary of the Navy | National

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Morning Keynote: The Honorary John Phelan

Published | Video Starts at 53:23

We need the support. We don't have power. We don't have piers. It's also, you know, this is a surprise. I'll give you an example. In Virginia, we have two piers. One of the piers is so degraded that the cranes can't sit on them and handle submarine Load or ship load. So the Navy, in their innovative way, have figured out a way to use half the pier to fix that. The problem is it now takes three times longer to get things fixed. (53:23–53:32)

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