COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF TURN-AROUND TIME AMONG SELECTED SEAPORTS IN WEST AFRICAN SUB-REGION
Turnaround time of a vessel in a seaport exhibits the capability and ability of a port in providing efficient and effective services. Ship turnaround time is one of the most significant Port performance indicator. This is the total time, spent by the vessel in port, during a given call. It is the sum of waiting time, berthing time, service time (i.e., ship’s time at berth) and sailing delay. West African ports play a crucial role in trade and economy, as 95% of merchandise trade is handled ...
Appraisal of the Deployment of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in Traffic Management in Port Harcourt Metropolis
Traffic demand is growing steadily in the world today, the authorities are with daily challenges, such as the road and time spent travelling, there should certainty added global concern about the protection of the environment different kinds of contaminations including noise and vibration caused by todays level motorization. The aim of this study is to appraise the deployment of ICT in the management and control of traffic in the Port Harcourt metropolis. This study used empirical evidence fo...
The Impact of Maritime Fraud on Shopping Operations in the Nigerian Port Authority
A STUDY OF MARITIME FRAUD Abstract: This study examined maritime fraud and its effects on world seaborne trade. The Nigeria port authority is in charge of seaport and other marine elements in Nigeria and responsible for the regulations of shipping and other international trade in the country. This study adopted a doctrinal method. That is, library oriented using a qualitative research design. The internet was also consulted. Materials consulted are statute books, international treaties, t...
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF TRAINING AND MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT,NTA,ZARIA
In the broadcasting industry such as Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) training and manpower development cannot be over-emphasized. According to Iheachu and Uche(2012) the kind of the type of revolution that the Nigerian Broadcasting industry is experiencing and the current challenge of o digitization for matching manpower to the complex and fragile equipment's that are coming in. Every aspect of Broadcasting requires some special skill to handle. Reporting, editing, programming, camera han...
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (HRM) PROJECT-ORIENTED ORGANISATIONS: CHALLENGES AND CHANGES
ABSTRACT This thesis is about human resource management (HRM) in project-based organizations. Firms have over the last decades tended to rely increasingly on project-based structures. This process of project implies a changed work situation for individuals in modern organizations. Researchers from the project field of research as well as from the HRM field of research have pointed to possible implications that project might have for HRM. This thesis explores this area through a combination of...
IMPACT OF BANK RECAPITILIZATION ON THE PERFORMANCE OF SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES IN NIGERIA
Bank fraud, poor lending and credit management practices in the Nigerian banking sector forced the Central bank of Nigeria to revisit the capital structure of commercial banks in Nigeria. These among other things led the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to give a directive that all banks should recapitalize from ₦2 billion to ₦25 billion with effect from 1st January 2006.This development led to various financial activities in the Nigerian financial sector with most banks initially opting for...
Leadership Styles, and Their Effect on Workers Performance: (A Case Study of the Nigerian Navy)
ABSTRACT Leadership will necessarily force an examination into the unresolved subject of the definition of “leaders’’ and leaderships in the olden days, various acknowledged leaders had attempted a comprehensive definition of the concepts but such definitions became inadequate because of factions such as time, space and perhaps least of all fate or luck. The elusiveness of the definition becomes more obviou...