Effect of Tramp Shipping on Container Terminal Performance of Apapa and Onne Ports in Nigeria
Vol.4 Issue 2
This study examined the effect of tramp shipping on container terminal performance of Apapa and Onne ports, Nigeria. Tramp shipping served as the independent variable or predictor variable. Also, container terminal performance served as the key dependent variable or criterion variable under which the measures such as cargo throughputs and vessel turnaround time have been appraised. The population of the study consisted of the staff in the two ports (Apapa ,636 and Onne, 277), that is 913 staff and the study sampled 279 respondents out of which 222 of them were found useful and valid for the study analysis. The study collected data with the help of a structured questionnaire. The study used Pearson Products Moment Correlation Coefficient (r) to test the hypotheses with the aid of SPSS 22.0. The reliability of the research instrument was tested using the Cronbach alpha to ascertain the reliability of the instrument. The study found that tramp is a veritable platform for effective shipping operations. Conclusively tramp shipping has a positive and significant relationship with cargo throughputs of Apapa and Onne Ports and tram shipping has a positive and significant relationship with vessel turnaround time of Apapa and Onne Ports. Therefore, the study recommends that port operators’ performance should be appraised constantly in order to ensure that the maritime sector is positioned to achieve the stakeholders’ objectives in Nigerian ports.
