A Critical Assessment of the Inland Waterways Operations and Management on the Development of the Nigerian Maritime Industry

Obed, B.C. Ndikom

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“…This study showed that the inland water transportation sector in Nigeria is been bedeviled by a wide range of maritime safety hazards including; use of incompetent boat operators, poorly constructed jetties, presence of waste materials (plas- Ezenwaji, (2010) [19]; and Obed, 2013 [20]; who found in their various studies…”

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“…Obed, 2013;Obeta, 2014 in their studies stressed that poor waterway signs lead to many accidents due to navigational disruption. These find-ings are consistent with the findings of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA, 2010) [23]; Obed (2013); and Obeta (2014), but disagree with the findings of Akogun (2014), which suggested that boat operation could be learned as a craft and not only through academic qualification.The study has also identified several unhealthy safety practices which have contributed to the underdevelopment and nose dive of the sector including; no compliance to established safety code of conduct in jetties such as adherence to drug and alcohol policy, safety briefs were rarely conducted before take-off, journey management forms were handled trivially, personal floatation devices (life jacket) were not adequately provided and were not properly worn.…”

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Prevalent Safety Hazards and Safety Practices in Maritime Transportation in Selected States in Southern Nigeria

Nwoye¹,

Oyegun²,

Ugbebor³

2019

OJSST

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This study seeks to determine existing safety hazards and practices in the inland water transportation sector in selected states of southern Nigeria. A cross-sectional research design was adopted for the study and the target population for the study included the operators, commuters and regulators of inland water transportation in the study areas. Data were collected through questionnaires, field observations and oral interviews. A total of 2375 questionnaires were distributed across the six states. The study showed that a wide range of maritime safety hazards and practices bedeviled the inland water transportation sector in Nigeria. The findings of the study showed that the use of incompetent boat operators was the most prevailing maritime hazard in the study area, because it ranked highest, with 72.6% of respondents in agreement, while non-compliance to alcohol and drug policies by operators, no use of journey management forms and safety briefs rarely conducted before departure were the highest ranked unsafe practices with 70.8%, 72.7% and 72% respondents in agreement respectively. The study recommended that relevant authorities, such as Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and Nigerian Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) should provide competent and trained boat operators, construct standard jetties, ensure standard and routinely maintained boats are used and ensure maritime safety standards and regulations are adhered to by boat operators and maritime workers to prevent incidents and breakdown of boats along waterways in the study area.

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Prevalent Safety Hazards and Safety Practices in Maritime Transportation in Selected States in Southern Nigeria

Nwoye¹,

Oyegun²,

Ugbebor³

2019

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“…With secured water routes; field investigations revealed that inland water transport, chiefly deltaic areas of Lagos, Rivers, Bayelsa and Akwa Ibom, helps rural development. Many academic scholars notable among whom are Fellinda (2006), Ojile (2006), Ezenwaji (2010), Adejare, Nwilo, and Opaluwa (2011), Achumba et al, (2013), Obed (2013), Essien and Adongoi (2015), and Okonkwo et al, (2015) did works on concerns and challenges of maritime security threats. The studies could not consider the current security issues and challenges prevailing in now Nigeria.…”

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Analysis of Security Challenges along Commercial Water Routes of Bayelsa State, Nigeria

Odeh¹,

Ogbuji²,

Emenike³

2020

IJASRE

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The study examined the security challenges along the commercial water routes of Bayelsa State, Nigeria. A total of 320 copies of a questionnaire on the operators and passengers in the study area to elicit information from the operators and passengers in the eight selected Bayelsa waterfronts. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used for the data analysis. Findings showed that the Nembe-Brass route, Oporoma-Yenagoa route, Yenagoa-Brass route and Ogbia-Brass route are commercially viable routes making them enticing routes both for transportation and pirates and robbers attacks. Furthermore, Also, piracy/sea robbery, cultism, smuggling, kidnapping and illegal oil bunkering were identified as the major types of security challenges that are common in the Bayelsa waterways. However, evening and night periods experience more attacks than all other periods of the day. Unemployment, underdevelopment, illiteracy, lack of adequate security and poverty, cost and availability of fuel, lack of navigation aid, decrease in water level, multi-designated Nembe-Brass route, Oporoma-Yenagoa route, Yenagoa-Brass route and Ogbia-Brass route are commercially viable routes making them enticing routes both for transportation and pirates and robbers attacks authorities were the main causes of insecurity on Bayelsa waterways. It is recommended among others that the commercial water transport routes in Bayelsa State should be constantly dredged intermittently by State government to enable bigger ships to ply the routes thereby enabling more commercial activities; both Federal, State, Local governments and Inland waterways transport regulatory bodies should make available navigational aid and adequate security along the routes to avert any variety of security challenges.

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“…He concluded that 'the quality, cost and efficiency of these services influence the trading environment as well as the overall costs linked with transport the international trade of goods. Ogunsanya [2000] explained that special consideration should be taken into account as logistical solutions for the inland waterways ports and Jetty in Nigeria have the following features:-Usoro [2003] and Obed [2013] reported that despite the fact that Nigeria has about 3000 kilometres of inland waters, six major ports and ten crude oil terminals, and several inland ports in Onitsha, Oguta, Opobo, Lokoja, Baro, Jebba, Ayietoro, Epe, etc, in the year 2000, only 139 indigenous marine vessels (less than 6%) were involved in this traffic with a cargo throughput of 441,031 tons (about 1%. ) they concluded that indigenous shipping companies do not own any vessel for deep-sea trade and a few that participate operate the vessels on charter.…”

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Opportunities and Challenges of Inland Waterways Transport in the Southwest Coastal Belt of Nigeria

Emmanuel

Ifabiyi

Chijioke

2018

Bhumi, Planning Res. J.

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Nigeria has 853 kilometers of coastline, 450 kilometers inland waterways and a sovereign right to 200 nautical mile s exclusive economic zone. In spite of this, water transport has a share of 1.6% of Nigeria's domestic product. This study examines the opportunities and challenges of waterways transportation in the coastal area of Southwestern Nigeria. The specific objectives are to: (i) evaluate the potential of the area for Inland water transport development; (ii); examine the contribution of inland waterways transport to passenger and freight movement, (iii) examine the impact of inland waterways transportation on socio-economic development; and (iv) evaluate the problems of inland waterways transportation in the area. Data were collected from both primary and secondary sources. Two types of questionnaires were administered in this study. A total of 415 copies of questionnaires (A) were administered to eight government agencies and 570 copies of questionnaires (B) were administered to residents. Both descriptive and inferential statistical methods were used. The descriptive methods employed are graphs, tables, charts, and central measures. The inferential analyses used in this study were factor analytical procedure, multiple regression methods and post hoc analysis. The study revealed that:-i, there are 48 river basins in the study area, with a combined basin area of 1,375 km 2 , 873 streams and a total stream length of 791.80 kilometers, drainage density of 1.73, stream frequency of 1.58 and drainage intensity of 1.10.These show that the potential of inland waterways transport is high; the report of ridership which was only available for Lagos state showed a progressive increase from 4.4 to 14.5 million between 2010 to 2014. There are 318 open fiber taxis, while travel time range from 10 to 70 minutes. Major cargo are wet cargo, dry cargo, farm products, and fish. However, 10% of the cargo is contraband. Cargo is charged per kilo, size occupied, by value, and by distances. Duration of boats rent is one week to five weeks; the factors underlying the socio-economic impacts at the jetties vary from one jetty to the other. In Lagos, six factors explained 68.547% of the variance; in Ogun Jetties , five factors explained 78.9% of the variance, while in Ondo Jetties six factors explained 69.1% to the variance; the results of the analysis further showed that 4 major problems impacted on inland waterways development. These are: financial constraints, congestion at the jetties, insufficient jetty facility, and political influence. They altogether explained 92.02% of the variance in the explanation. The paper concludes that inland waterways have a high potential for transportation, but it is largely underutilized. The study recommended stronger policies and the need to encourage private-public participation in waterway transport development in the southwest coastal area of Nigeria.

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A Critical Assessment of the Inland Waterways Operations and Management on the Development of the Nigerian Maritime Industry

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Prevalent Safety Hazards and Safety Practices in Maritime Transportation in Selected States in Southern Nigeria

Prevalent Safety Hazards and Safety Practices in Maritime Transportation in Selected States in Southern Nigeria

Analysis of Security Challenges along Commercial Water Routes of Bayelsa State, Nigeria

Opportunities and Challenges of Inland Waterways Transport in the Southwest Coastal Belt of Nigeria

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