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Several House committees have opened investigations due to increased spying concerns after discovering\u00a0that Chinese-built cargo cranes deployed at U.S. ports contained unknown equipment.<\/p>\n
House Homeland Security Committee Chair Mark E. Green, (R-TN), Transportation and Maritime Security Subcommittee Chair Carlos Gimenez, (R-FL), and House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party Committee Chair Mike Gallagher, (R-WI), have expressed concern\u00a0that every U.S. seaport with Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries cranes has been, or could be, at risk of being compromised by the Chinese Communist Party.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn briefings with the committees, U.S. federal law enforcement agencies have confirmed PRC state-owned enterprises are aggressively attempting to generate undue economic influence and establish a strategic presence at certain maritime ports around the country,\u201d\u00a0the chairmen wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cThe United States is alarmed by mounting evidence that the PRC is solidifying its presence and exerting influence over an industry critically important to the U.S. economy.\u201d<\/p>\n The letter relays concerns related to cellular modems discovered on ship-to-shore crane components at a U.S. seaport.<\/p>\n The administration announced plans earlier this year to invest more than $20 billion to replace foreign-built cranes with U.S.-manufactured ones.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n