MARINE AND TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT PROJECT TOPICS AND RESEARCH MATERIALS

• 1. THE EFFECT OF LOGISTICS INDUSTRY ON THE ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA (A CASE STUDY...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study It is expedient to note that, over 90 percent of International Trade is done by sea or carried by ships. It is believed that on daily basis, these ships move millions of tons of cargoes comprising goods and commodities, fuel, crude oil, raw materials, machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, medicaments, around the world. The situation is not differ...Continue Reading »

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• 2. AN EVALUATION OF NIGERIAN PORTS POST-CONCESSION PERFORMANCE

  » Abstract Concession has been acknowledged as a valuable tool for port authorities to retain control of ports and shape the supply side of the terminal market, in the absence of full privatisation. This study empirically examines the influence of transfer of port operational services from the public to the private sector, through concession contracts on operational performance in the context of the...Continue Reading »

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• 3. EFFECTIVENESS OF LASTMA ON TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Traffic management is the practice of managing the existing traffic environment to create avenue for free flow of traffic, to control and manage traffic proceedings. Prior to 1999, the transport and vehicular traffic situation in Lagos State was in a state of neglect and confusion. There was terrible and high vehicle density in the state, st...Continue Reading »

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• 4. REDUCTION OF OIL SPILLAGE IN NIGER DELTA USING WOOD PLASTIC COMPOSITE FROM SAW D...

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY Composite is the combination of a matrix and a reinforcement, which when combined gives properties superior to those of the individual components (Ashori & Nourbakhsh 2009a). Wood plastic composite (WPC) is therefore a combination of wood and plastic with the plastic as the matrix and the wood as the reinforcement. Wood plastic composite, (W...Continue Reading »

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• 5. FORECASTING CARGO GROWTH AND REGIONAL ROLE OF THE PORT OF NIGERIA

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• 6. CONCESSION AS A STRATEGIC TOOL FOR PORTS EFFICIENCY :AN ASSESSMENT OF THE NIGERI...

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• 7. ALTERNATIVE ECONOMETRIC APPROACHES FOR ANALYSING THE ROLE OF THE FINANCIAL SECTO...

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• 8. EFFECT OF PORT REFORM ON CARGO THROUGHPUT LEVEL AT ONNE SEAPORT NIGERIA

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• 9. EVOLUTION AND RESEARCH TRENDS OF CONTAINER SHIPPING

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• 10. PORT REGIONALIZATION: TOWARDS A NEW PHASE IN PORT DEVELOPMENT

  » AbstractLogistics 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 of ports and port systems only partially fit into the new freight distribution paradigm. This paper ai...Continue Reading »

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• 11. MARITIME LOGISTICS AS AN EMERGING DISCIPLINE

  » AbstractThe evolution of maritime logistics as an emerging discipline has resulted, to a large extent, from the increasing and varied demands of shippers and customers and the rapidly changing role of ports in the context of supply and logistics chains. Scholars are becoming increasingly aware of the need to integrate logistics and supply chain management concepts in the maritime transportation ch...Continue Reading »

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• 12. THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF SHIPPING INDUSTRY TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIAN ECONOMY

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• 13. A STUDY OF MARITIME FRAUDS AND ITS EFFECTS ON WORLD SEABORNE TRADE

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• 14. THE GROWTH AND PATTERNS OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

  » AbstractOver 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, investment, and greater productivity. International trade and maritime trade are synonyms, and an under...Continue Reading »

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• 15. MARITIME TRANSPORT AND INTERNATIONAL SEABORNE TRADE

  » AbstractDrawing upon over four decades of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Review of Maritime Transport, this article considers selected key trends that have shaped the maritime transportation of today. Over the review period, a fundamental shift in the geography of trade has been observed, with developing countries increasingly driving growth in the world economy an...Continue Reading »

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• 16. IMPACT OF TRANSPORTATION ON ECONOMIC GROWTH: AN ASSESSMENT OF ROAD AND RAIL TRAN...

  » 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 necessary condition for the efficient operation of manufacturing, retail, labour and housing markets. T...Continue Reading »

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• 17. CRITIQUE OF THE PUBLIC CHOICE THEORY CASE FOR PRIVATIZATION PORT PERFORMANCE: AN...

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• 18. A STUDY OF PORT CONCESSIONING IN NIGERIA AND PRODUCTIVITY

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the study Maritime transport plays an important role of being many nations’ major gateway for international trade and are a good instrument for measuring the economic health of a nation (Ogunsiji & Ogunsiji, 2010, UNCTAD, 2008). The ports have considerable influence on the volume and conditions of trade as well as the capacity for economic developme...Continue Reading »

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• 19. EVALUATION OF TRICYCLE AS PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM IN AN URBAN AREA (A CASE STUDY...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION The inability of the conventional modes of transport such as Trains,buses, cars, Okada and ferry services to meet transportation demand owing to fleet depletion and high operational cost caused by down turn in economy,resulting in high record of accident from Okada motor cycles has led to unplanned emergence of para transit or non conventional mode of transportation popula...Continue Reading »

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• 20. EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF SECURITY AGENCIES IN NIGERIA PORTS

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the study Nigeria is indeed one of the greatest maritime nations of the world; this is confirmed by both the local maritime operators and foreign maritime operators. Ports are supposed to be security zones and policed as such to prevents crimes mainly theft, smuggling among sabotage attacks, stowaway. In olden days, theft as merely limited to petty pilferage ...Continue Reading »

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