Maritime Logistics as an Emerging Discipline (Using Apapa Port as a Case Study)
CHAPTER ONE
Objective of the study
The objectives of the study are;
- To ascertain the role of ports in the context of supply and logistics chains in Apapa port
- To find out whether there is effective and efficient integration of transport and logistics systems in Apapa ports
- To ascertain whether maritime logistics assess its potential as an emerging discipline
CHAPTER TWO
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
Sustainability Issues in Shipping, Port and Maritime Logistics
The eight choice papers for this Special Issue have been collected from open invitation through the Sustainability journal website and two international conferences: The 1st international conference on Yangtze-River Research Innovation and Belt, held in Ocean College, Zhejiang University in Zhoushan City, China on 2–5 December 2018 and the 3rd International Conference on the Belt and Road Initiative in association with the Asian Logistics Round Table, held in Vietnam RMIT University in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on 24–26 June 2018. Shin et al. (Contribution 1) conducted a comprehensive literature review of sustainability published in maritime-related journals between 1993 and 2017, applying a generative probabilistic text-mining technique, called latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA) [26]. The journals cover transportation, logistics, shipping, and port-related topics and are listed on the science citation index (SCI), science citation index expanded (SCIE) and social science citation index (SSCI). A total of 155 papers were collected for the study. LDA can capture topics on shipping, port, maritime logistics issues in sustainability in terms of keywords frequency, their betweenness centrality, their network for co-occurrence of the papers, and co-authorship by country, affiliation, and collaboration between authors, respectively. One interesting result in this paper is that there are 18 high-frequency keywords above five occurrences which are related to maritime sustainability. Leaving aside sustainability, the term “management” has the highest occurrences, followed by “port,” “emission,” “impact,” and “performance.” For the shipping and port sector, these issues are related to green ports/shipping, carbon emission/climate change and region-specific environmental regulation/management. For the maritime logistics sector, sustainability issues are generally related to achieving optimal logistics systems, sustainable supply chain design, and service quality management. Another interesting test result shows that, recently, the keywords in sustainability studies in maritime transport and logistics have considered governance, corporate social responsibility, and supply chain management. Therefore, it can be said that this paper contributes to figuring out research trends and research networks in sustainability in maritime transport and logistics over the last 25 years using a solid technique, LDA.
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research design
The researcher used descriptive research survey design in building up this project work the choice of this research design was considered appropriate because of its advantages of identifying attributes of a large population from a group of individuals. The design was suitable for the study as the study sought Maritime logistics as an emerging discipline (using apapa port as a case study)
Sources of data collection
Data were collected from two main sources namely:
(i)Primary source and
(ii)Secondary source
Primary source:
These are materials of statistical investigation which were collected by the research for a particular purpose. They can be obtained through a survey, observation questionnaire or as experiment; the researcher has adopted the questionnaire method for this study.
Secondary source:
These are data from textbook Journal handset etc. they arise as byproducts of the same other purposes. Example administration, various other unpublished works and write ups were also used.
Population of the study
Population of a study is a group of persons or aggregate items, things the researcher is interested in getting information on Maritime logistics as an emerging discipline (using apapa port as a case study). 200 apapa port maritime sector, apapa port was selected randomly by the researcher as the population of the study.
CHAPTER FOUR
PRESENTATION ANALYSIS INTERPRETATION OF DATA
Introduction
Efforts will be made at this stage to present, analyze and interpret the data collected during the field survey. This presentation will be based on the responses from the completed questionnaires. The result of this exercise will be summarized in tabular forms for easy references and analysis. It will also show answers to questions relating to the research questions for this research study. The researcher employed simple percentage in the analysis.
DATA ANALYSIS
The data collected from the respondents were analyzed in tabular form with simple percentage for easy understanding.
A total of 133(one hundred and thirty three) questionnaires were distributed and 133 questionnaires were returned
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
Introduction
It is important to ascertain that the objective of this study was to ascertain Maritime logistics as an emerging discipline (using apapa port as a case study)
In the preceding chapter, the relevant data collected for this study were presented, critically analyzed and appropriate interpretation given. In this chapter, certain recommendations made which in the opinion of the researcher will be of benefits in addressing the challenges of Maritime logistics as an emerging discipline
Summary
This study was on Maritime logistics as an emerging discipline (using apapa port as a case study). Three objectives were raised which included: To ascertain the role of ports in the context of supply and logistics chains in Apapa port, to find out whether there is effective and efficient integration of transport and logistics systems in Apapa ports, to ascertain whether maritime logistics assess its potential as an emerging discipline. In line with these objectives, two research hypotheses were formulated and two null hypotheses were posited. The total population for the study is 200 staff Apapa port. The researcher used questionnaires as the instrument for the data collection. Descriptive Survey research design was adopted for this study. A total of 133 respondents made up technical managers, HRM, senior staff and junior staff were used for the study. The data collected were presented in tables and analyzed using simple percentages and frequencies
Conclusion
Practically, they should strive to augment multiple facets of Supply Chain Collaboration practices for their port supply chain by constantly redefining their collaborative endeavours. The paper discussed in some detail the theoretical perspectives on supply chain collaboration and supply chain collaboration in the context of seaport logistics and proposed the Interim conceptual model. The model comprising of supply chain collaboration, competitive environment, and port performance as the constructs should be empirically verified and validated.
Recommendation
Government should address the specific challenges in maritime sector, enabling them to reorient their policy based on objective measurement, and to assess progress towards chosen sustainability goals.
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