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Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Waugh Construction Tractors Used in groundbreaking for Freeport Container Port Phase V expansion
Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham traveled to Grand Bahama Thursday Dec 13th to attend the official groundbreaking ceremony for phase V of the Freeport Container Port. Chief Executive Officer of the Freeport Container Port, G. Chris Gray, gave the following remarks:

Prime Minister, I understand that there have been quite a few Ground Breaking Ceremonies in the past and that in many cases some 12 months later, the ground is still broken but no concrete has been poured. I am happy to reassure you that you will not experience that problem with us. We have a track record of doing what we say we are going to do (and saying what we mean) as can be demonstrated by what you see around you here today. And Prime Minister we are not going to ask you to break your back digging a hole in the limestone with a shovel – we have lined up two of Sonny Waugh’s caterpillars to do the work for you. Read more...