Koninklijke Paketvaart-Maatschappij

Koninklijke Paketvaart-Maatschappij (KPM) (Royal Packet Navigation Company) was a Dutch shipping company (1888-1966) in the Dutch East Indies.

It maintained the connections between the islands of Indonesia,[1] and supported the unification of the Dutch colony economy as the Netherlands expanded its territory across the Indonesian archipelago. The company brought inter-island commerce through the capital, Batavia (now Jakarta) rather than to Singapore, which shifted economic activity to Java.[2]

In the 1920s its working routes included regular weekly services between Singapore and Java, and Singapore and Hong Kong.

The company later merged into Nedlloyd, P&O Nedlloyd and finally Maersk.

References

  1. ^ "Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij 1888-1967". The Ships List. 12 May 2008. http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/kpm.htm. Retrieved 2008-05-14. 
  2. ^ Vickers, Adrian (2005). A History of Modern Indonesia. Cambridge University Press. p. 20. ISBN 0-521-54262-6.