JAKARTA History today, 134 years ago, September 4, 1888, a Dutch shipping airline, Koninklijke Packagevaart Maatschappij (KPM) was officially established. Its presence is expected to be a mainstay in transporting produce from the archipelago. It is also expected to defeat British shipping companies.
KPM's goal stems in one thing: profit. Dutch colonial government investment is not kidding. they made massive investments to build many ports in all corners of the country.
The colonialism of the archipelago is the main key for the Dutch to become a great nation. The power of the power also tries to conquer every kingdom in the Motherland. They want to monopolize spice trade in all corners of the country. This wish was achieved.
War, fighting against each other, and friendship became the main strategy to monopolize trade. Even for a long time. Alias took years. From the Dutch trading airline, the VOC was operating until it was replaced by the Dutch East Indies colonial government.
The Netherlands managed to monopolize the wealth contained in Earth Earth. Later problems arose. The Dutch do not have a reliable shipping airline. Cruise companies from Germany and the UK are actually chosen. This means that many profits have been taken by foreign companies.
Moreover, many trades in large areas were drawn towards Singapore. The Netherlands also tactics. However, rarely find the right mix of solutions.
In the mid-1980s, the leaders of two Dutch shipping airlines agreed that they would suffer in competition with English and German shipping companies based in Singapore before they took control of inter-island trade.
"British and German shipping companies have served shipping between Sumatra Uytara and Singapore to serve a very profitable tobacco trade and obtain additional cargo of goods diverted from Chinese steam boats serving other archipelagos," said HW Dick in the book Indonesian Shipping Industry: Competition and Regulation (1989).
In the end, the idea of establishing a Dutch shipping airline became a solution. KPM was established on September 4, 1888. Its first fleet consisted of 13 ships. Slowly KPM began to increase the fleet little by little.
KPM has also begun to launch a monopolization operation for inter-island trade between Nusantara. KPM is unmatched. Until then the KPM, which initially focused on carrying goods, expanded its wings by becoming a passenger ship.
The new company was finally founded on September 4, 1888 under the name Koninklijk Paketvaart Maatschappij (Government Shipping Company, abbreviated as KPM). The goal: to show the strength and firmness of Dutch power in the Dutch Indian Islands.
And expand and strengthen trade between ports in the Dutch East Indies and the parent country (Netherlands) and all other parts of the world. Based on the contract, KPM, which began its operations on January 1, 1891, monopolized shipping for import and export activities on subsidies," concluded Edward Lamberthus Poelinggomang in the book Makassar Abad XIX (2016).
The inauguration of KPM is a historical record today, September 4, 1888 in the archipelago.
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