Wiradanti, Bahana, Pettit, Stephen  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7265-4079, Shinohara, M. and Rosadi, F. A.
2022.
Merger of port companies, impact on concentration/ deconcentration and strategy towards post Covid-19 pandemic: cases of Indonesia and Japan.
Presented at: International Association of Maritime Economists Conference 2022,
Busan, Korea,
14-16 September 2022.
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Abstract
Prior to the covid-19 pandemic, there had been a trend of port mergers and cooperations with ports challenged by increasing ship size, the establishment of ship alliances and other factors. A number of Japanese ports experienced a merger process in 2016 and 2014, for example, Keihin Port and Hanshin Port. More recently, during the pandemic, the merger of port companies took place in Indonesia, where four of the country’s state-owned port operators were merged into one company, Pelindo Port. Various motives lie behind the merger process and port mergers is an emerging topic in the maritime transport literature. In the business, organisation and management literature, successful merger and acquisitions (M&A) are seen from the aspect of value creation. However, in the maritime transport or maritime economics literature, port cooperation or mergers and its relation to port concentration / deconcentration have generally not been discussed. It is not clear whether more cooperation/merger of ports or terminals leads to greater concentration in cargo volume or throughput and economic development. This paper thus explores the marchipelagic countries, using the cases of Indonesia and Japan. Furthermore, this paper examines how the covid-19 pandemic has influenced post-merger development and the establishment of strategies to confront post-pandemic challenges .erger process in port companies, with a focus on ports of
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item - unpublished |
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| Status: | Unpublished |
| Schools: | Schools > Business (Including Economics) |
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| Last Modified: | 30 Oct 2026 12:57 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/153361 |
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