Malaysia is one of the Southeast Asian country which located on strategic sea-lane that exposes it to global trade and foreign culture. Peninsular Malaysia reached its era as a maritime power in the 15th century, the crucial point for both local and international trade is the port in Melaka. The strategic position in the middle of seaborne trade routes from the Indian Ocean to East Asia encourage the commercial importance of the port.
The Melaka port increasingly lost its status as a powerful trading port after the fall of the Melaka Sultanate to Portuguese in 1511. Under British regulation in the 18th century, the Straits Settlements including of three ports in Penang, Melaka, and Singapore was established. These 3 ports were administrated by British India Company as commercial outposts. 6 Ports in Penang and Klang (known formerly as Port Swettenham) flourished within the
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The country’s ports, have implicit a critical role in the overall pattern of transport and trade which providing a link between the inland transport system and the shipping service. Malaysia’s ports nowadays, presenting world-class facilities, performance as crucial points of interface with other transport methods for instance road, rail, river and air. (Khalid, N., 2005)
2.2 MAJOR PORTS IN MALAYSIA
Ports in Malaysia are either under the competence of the Federal Government or the State Government. Those managed by the Federal Government, under the authority of the Ministry of Transport, can be classified into major and minor ports. Currently the seven major federal ports are Kuantan Port, Port Klang, Penang Port, Johor Port, Port of Tanjung Pelepas, Bintulu Port and Kemaman Port. All major central ports, with the exception of Kemaman, have been privatized. Furthermore, there are around 80 minor ports or jetties under the instruction of the Marine Department. (Khalid, N., 2005)
2.2.1 Port
In the early 1600s, Jamestown and Plymouth were the first permanent English and Puritan settlement that were established in the New World. The Virginia Company had sent four boys and 100 men to the New World on 3 ships to spread Christianity to the Natives and seek treasures for England. After 5 months of traveling, these 3 ships entered Chesapeake Bay. The colonists had established Jamestown which was named after their king in England. Another colony named Plymouth, was established a little over a decade later by the Pilgrims.
The non-Separatist Puritans secured a royal charter from King Charles I to form the Massachusetts Bay Company in 1629. The Massachusetts Bay Company was planned to be a business venture, but was also used as a refuge for Puritans. The Bay Colony quickly became the biggest and most influential of all of the New England colonies. For many years, the charter was used as a constitution for the Company. Governmental power rested with the General Court, who then elected the governor and his assistants.
In 1585, an expedition was sent by Raleigh that led to the building of a fort on Roanoke. English colonialists, amounting to almost 100 arrived at the coast of Chesapeake Bay in 1607. Jamestown was founded, which was among the first English settlements to be set in North America. These colonialists were exposed to many adversaries and dangers that included hunger, diseases, and attack from Indians.
For this reason there were fewer port cities in the Southern Colonies then in the New England and Middle Colonies. The economy in the New England Colonies had many different industries. There was the whaling industry which Nantucket became the center of and they used all parts of the whale for different things. Adding on, they also exported fish because they had caught plenty of it. Not only did they catch whale and fish, but forest resources helped New England become a center of shipbuilding.
While the Southern Colonies were known for having numerous plantations, they had few towns and cities. Plantation owners wanted to use as much land as possible for growing cash crops and were not interested in building towns. However, by the mid 1700s, settlements along the Atlantic coast grew into large towns. These large towns all had the same thing in common--good harbors for trade. Port cities became popular when both buyers and sellers needed a place to exchange goods.
The New England colonies include Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Connecticut. The first settlers that came into the New England colonies were the Puritans who wanted to practice religious freedom. Unfortunately, most of these colonies are not tolerant of other religions. The self-government economy is based on religious beliefs. Finally, the colonies rely on fishing and shipbuilding since the soil and long winters are unsuitable for farming.
Colonies are considered important in earlier times due to many reasons. Colonies are vital in obtaining control both for economic expansion and for wealth. In the film “Economies of Early British Colonies”, the expatriate period had begun because of the need of these influential European power to increase territorial properties and at the same time permit access of assets unavailable or limited in the home country. This essay intends to present comparison and contrast of the two distinguishable colonies during the colonial era in America: the northern and southern colonies. The paper also intends to develop arguments to answer how these similarities and differences contributed to the rise and fall of these two colonies.
This point is further illustrated in an article written by Max Farrand entitled “The Framing of the Constitution of the United States”. In it, Farrand starts off his book by stating “Thirteen British colonies had asserted and established their
The right to trade was granted by the Massachusetts Bay Company in 1629, as the farming soil was of low quality and so only
Socially and culturally, the three groups of colonies grew to be completely different. The New England Colonies’ life was controlled by the Puritan religion. These colonies were not religiously tolerant even though its’ main reason for settlement
The New England and Chesapeake colonies were established during the early 1700s. Despite the population originating from England, the regions had distinct societies. This was due to the fact that many settlers voyaged to the New World in search of riches, to seek new lives, or for religious freedom. They differed socially, politically, economically, and geographically.
This acknowledges the land and establishes it in the world. The chart The Voyages of Zheng He: 1405 - 1433 lists that for the first three voyages the furthest port they
As the world of global exploration and colonization grew, many powerful European empires set out to see what the New World had in store for them. Each empire had their own individual agendas and incentives for colonization. This led to the many differences between methods of colonization and exploration in every colony and region. The Atlantic World portrayed these contrasts between the Spanish, French, Dutch and British empires. However, the British settlements along the Eastern seaboard differed the most from those of other empires because there were no established policies or methods in British colonization, which led to differences in the economics and culture of each colony depending on who settled it.
Most of the colonies in America were settled by the English, which makes them similar in many designs. However, there are a few aspects that differentiate between colonies, such as in the Chesapeake and New England regions. Reasons for settlement, religions, and geography all played an important role in the development of colonies in these regions. These conditions were natural and mostly subject to circumstances and conditions that were unchangeable. Nonetheless, no matter the modest causes, the effects were very substantial in helping to develop the uniqueness of each region.
An efficiency of the transport that will improve the liberalization of the economy, the prospects for further growth of the industry remain strong. Seaport is plays a major role within the integrated of transport chains. The place of port is an interchange between land and sea which to transferring cargos and accepting ships. They are usually located in the ocean, sea, river, lake edge. The ports usually have a cargo handling facility such as cranes and forklifts for use in loading or discharge of vessels which may be provided by private interests.