Administrative and Managerial Reasons:
• Depoliticize the public port administration.
• Reduce bureaucracy.
• Introduce performance-based management.
• Avoid government monopolies.
Financial Reasons:
• Reduce public expenditure.
• Attract foreign investment.
• Reduce commercial risks (investments) for
the public sector.
• Increase private sector participation in the
regional or national economy.
Employment Reasons for Change:
• Reduce the size of the public administrations.
• Restructure and retrain the port labor force.
• Eliminate restrictive labor practices.
• Increase private sector employment.