The battle of Transshipment Hubs: PSA vs. PTP - The latest status between the two ports

Seminar paper from the year 2014 in the subject Business economics - Supply, Production, Logistics, grade: 1,5, Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh, course: Maritime Logistics, language: English, abstract: This assignment reviews the latest status between the Port of Singapore (PSA) and the Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP). In November 1999, PTP was officially opened and declared its goal of challenging PSA to become East Asia's leading transshipment hub. Up to then, PSA was the dominant transshipment hub, thus enjoying a monopoly in this business of Southeast Asia.