» CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Many authorities have contributed immensely to the success of defining public relations. According to Jerkins (1985), defines public relations as the deliberate, planned and sustained effort to establish and maintain mutual understanding betwe…Continue Reading »
» HAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The world Technological advancement has ushered in drastic changes in A port is a location on a coast or shore containing one or more harbors where ships can dock and transfer people or cargo to or from land. Port locations are selected to optimize…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the study Worldwide Port and Maritime operations and their associated facilities and infrastructure collectively represent one of the single greatest unaddressed challenges to the security of nations and the global economy today. The reason that ports and…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Despite the efforts of the government of Nigeria in fighting corruption in all sector, several unwholesome activities is still going on in the maritime sector most importantly by the shipping agencies and terminal operators, under the watchf…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND INFORMATION According to Ndikom (2006), The Word freight rate connotes the reward usually payable to the carrier for the carriage and arrival of the goods in a mercantile condition ready to be delivered to the merchant. Maritime z shipping services are usually…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT Study examines the impact of ocean shipping trade on the economic development of Nigeria, covering the period from 1976 to 2015. Ocean shipping trade, in thousand tons served as an independent variable in all three set of assumptions, the gross domestic product, the value of Nigeria’s ext…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT In 2003, the cabotage law was adopted with the provisions of the empowerment of local investors to take domestic trade controls of shipping and develop enough muscle to assume the right place for Nigeria as maritime nation in the movement of its import / export cargoes including oil and cr…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT The core thrust of this study is to investigate the ship financing structure in the Nigerian middle of the expedition. Nigerian companies face problems far more enormous than their inability to raise the capital is far more historic than others. The purpose of this study is to achieve the f…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT This study was carried out to evaluate the use of inland transportation and its effect on logistics system in Nigeria using Lagos State Waterways Authority. To achieve this objective, four research questions and three research hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The data was col…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT This study was intended to evaluate the maritime security, information and communication technology. The study employed the descriptive and explanatory design; questionnaires in addition to library research were applied in order to collect data. Primary and secondary data sources were used …Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT Previous research on privatization has focused on its effect on output, profitability, investment and efficiency at the level of the firm, neglecting the economic growth and other impacts. Nigeria’s port privatization through concession in 2006 covered virtually all the ports in the econ…Continue Reading »
» Abstract This paper study examined the effect of privatization on the performance of Nigerian seaports, using pre and post privatization data. A Mann Whitney Wilcoxon (MWW) test was applied to data (secondary) on two major indices of port operation (average berth occupancy and average turn around ti…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT This study was carried out to examine Nigerian ports post concession performance. Specifically, the study determine the influence of concession on efficiency of port authority and evaluated the performance of Nigerian ports two years before concession(2004 2005) and five years after concess…Continue Reading »
» TABLE OF CONTENT PAGES Title – – – – – – – – – – – i Approval Page – – – – – – – – – ii Certification – – – – – – – – – – iii Dedication – – – – – – – – – – iv Acknowledgement – – – – – – – – v Abst…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT The study investigates the impact of Ocean shipment trade on Nigeria’s economic development, covering the period, 1976 2006. Ocean shipment trade in thousands of tones served as the independent variable in all the three hypothesis defined while, the gross domestic product Nigerian value o…Continue Reading »
» INTRODUCTION One of the key factors that play a pivotal role in a region’s economic growth is the presence of a reliable and efficient transportation system, this is mainly due to the fact that a well developed transportation system provides adequate access to the region which in turn is a nece…Continue Reading »
» TABLE OF CONTENT TITLE PAGE CERTIFICATION DEDICATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ABSTRACT LIST OF TABLE LIST OF FIGURES CHAPTER ONE · INTRODUCTION · BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY · STATEMENT OF THE STUDY · RESEARCH QUESTIONT · OBJ…Continue Reading »
» TABLE OF CONTENT TITLE PAGE CERTIFICATION DEDICATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ABSTRACT LIST OF TABLE LIST OF FIGURES CHAPTER ONE · INTRODUCTION · BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY · STATEMENT OF THE STUDY · RESEARCH QUESTIONT · OBJEC…Continue Reading »
» TABLE OF CONTENT TITLE PAGE CERTIFICATION DEDICATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ABSTRACT LIST OF TABLE LIST OF FIGURES CHAPTER ONE · INTRODUCTION · BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY · STATEMENT OF THE STUDY · RESEARCH QUESTIONT · OBJECTIV…Continue Reading »
» TABLE OF CONTENT TITLE PAGE CERTIFICATION DEDICATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ABSTRACT LIST OF TABLE LIST OF FIGURES CHAPTER ONE · INTRODUCTION · BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY · STATEMENT OF THE STUDY · RESEARCH QUESTIONT · OBJ…Continue Reading »
» Abstract Over the last 40 years, there has been an unprecedented growth in trade amongst countries, and the growth in trade shows no sign of slowing down. The increases in trade have put tremendous pressure on the maritime and port industries, and these industries have responded with innovations, in…Continue Reading »
» Abstract Logistics integration and network orientation in the port and maritime industry have redefined the functional role of ports in value chains and have generated new patterns of freight distribution and new approaches to port hierarchy. Existing models on the spatial and functional evolution …Continue Reading »
» TABLE OF CONTENT Chapter One Introduction 1.1 Background of the study 1.2 Statement of the problem 1.3 Purpose of the study 1.4 Significance of study 1.5 Research questions 1.6 …Continue Reading »
