Privatisation of Ports ‐ an Evaluation of the Malaysian Experience

Tull, Malcolm; Reveley, James

doi:10.1111/j.1759-3441.2002.tb00329.x

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“…Management of Aceh ports should also apply a variety of strategies 1 to improve the organizational and the operational performances including the modernization of the ports' administration and management; liberalization or de-regulation of the ports' services; commercialization; corporatization; and privatization. In this regard, Aceh can emulate Malaysia in managing the ports as aptly described by Tull and Reveley (2001) that a sound management and a competitive environment are central to port efficiency.…”

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The Formulating Growth Strategy of Aceh Port System in Indonesia: An AHP Approach

Subhan

Ghani

2011

GADJAH MADA INT. J. BUS.

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The main objective of this study is to investigate the growth strategy of Aceh’s ports in order to develop a better position of those ports in the dynamic and competitive environment along the Malacca straits. Using the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) approach, this study examines priority perspectives on strategy formulation from 25 individuals representing relevant parties in the Aceh port industry such as government officials, port authorities and managements, experts, academicians and consultants, and port user associations. Six potential strategies related to resources, competencies, market share, opportunity share, cooperation, and competitiveness were examined. The findings show that the resource-based strategy and the competence-based strategy are ranked as first and second important strategy respectively while the opportunity share strategy ranked as the least important strategy. This study provides new insights into the implications of using various strategy formulations for port growth in developing countries and provides a significant practical contribution to the port authorities.

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The Formulating Growth Strategy of Aceh Port System in Indonesia: An AHP Approach

Subhan

Ghani

2011

GADJAH MADA INT. J. BUS.

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“…Prior to the PKFZ scandal, Port Klang was widely regarded as a successful example of the benefits of corporatising state‐owned enterprises, a claim centred on the period from 1985 onwards when all but a handful of those previously employed by the state‐owned Kelang Container Terminal at North Port transferred their contracts over to an ostensibly private sector, yet government‐linked, company (Tull and Reveley, 2002; Hill et al ., 2008). Those employed in North Port began to work after that time under conditions that have subsequently been cited as a model for tripartite labour privatisation and well‐managed divestment (Jones and Abbas, 1992; Kikeri, 1997; Haarmeyer and Yorke, 2003).…”

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Port reform, South Asian migrant workers and spaces of vulnerability in Port Klang, Malaysia

Hill

2012

Asia Pacific Viewpoint

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The corporatisation of Port Klang from the mid-1980s onwards was a significant moment in the history of Malaysia's political economy and generated considerable momentum for the changes that were to occur in this late industrialising nation under the leadership of the Barisan Nasional government. In particular, the restructuring of how labour was organised in Malaysia's most significant port became frequently cited both within and outside the country as a model for tripartite labour privatisation and the well-managed divestment of state-owned enterprises. However, in the past decade, the organisation of labour in the port has again changed dramatically. Migrant labour from some of the poorest parts of Asia now makes up the majority of semi-skilled and unskilled workers. Based on fieldwork carried out during 2009 with workers from Bangladesh and Nepal who are employed in Port Klang, this paper suggested that a regulatory vacuum now exists in the port, which means foreign workers are often treated badly and have few avenues for dissent. An analysis of the changing labour regime in Port Klang over time can assist in understanding the contemporary political economy of Malaysia as well as illuminate debates about the spaces of migrant labour more broadly.

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Port Labor

Turnbull

2012

The Blackwell Companion to Maritime Economics

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Privatisation of Ports ‐ an Evaluation of the Malaysian Experience

Cited by 6 publications

References 22 publications

The Formulating Growth Strategy of Aceh Port System in Indonesia: An AHP Approach

The Formulating Growth Strategy of Aceh Port System in Indonesia: An AHP Approach

Port reform, South Asian migrant workers and spaces of vulnerability in Port Klang, Malaysia

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