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Ocean liner shipping services: corporate restructuring and port selection/competition
Author(s) -
Rimmer Peter J.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
asia pacific viewpoint
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.571
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1467-8373
pISSN - 1360-7456
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8373.00063
Subject(s) - restructuring , port (circuit theory) , competition (biology) , business , asia pacific , selection (genetic algorithm) , task (project management) , international trade , industrial organization , economics , finance , engineering , management , ecology , artificial intelligence , computer science , electrical engineering , biology
An examination is made of the nature of corporate restructuring among liner shipping companies to meet the needs of producers for logistic services within the Asia‐Pacific Economic Region. This task is undertaken by detailing the development of the global alliances forged in 1996. Then their impact on port selection and competition within the Asia‐Pacific Economic Region is studied with particular reference to the Trans‐Pacific trade. As the composition of these alliances has already changed by mergers their likely effect on port destinies is considered.