Paper Key : IRJ************756
Author: Francis Olufemi Oyewole,Nwabueze Ebere
Date Published: 25 Oct 2023
Abstract
This study examined the relationship between landlord port and efficiency of ports in Nigeria. Data for the study were obtained by using a structured survey questionnaire as the research instrument to elicit data from the respondents. The population of the study consisted of six ports in Nigeria. The sample elements of the study consisted of 23 ManagersOfficersSupervisors from each of the six ports resulting to 138 copies of questionnaire were distributed to the respondents a, and 114 copies of questionnaire were retrieved from them. After editing them, 112 copies of questionnaire representing 81% response rate were found useful for the study analysis. Specifically, Pearson Products Moment Correlation Coefficient (r) was used to test the hypotheses with the aid of SPSS 25.0. The study revealed that landlord ports represent the most common management model where infrastructures, particularly terminals, are leased to private operating companies with the port authority retaining control of the land in order to encourage capacity utilization and efficiency aimed at achieving port efficiency. The study concluded that: landlord port significantly relates with berth occupancy rate (r 0.854), vessel turnaround time (r 0.833) and cargo dwell time (r 0.796) of ports in Nigeria. This study, therefore, recommended that on the basis of the success of the landlord port, Onne port should be given out or transformed into a private port for improved efficiency because the source of inputs like port infrastructures and machineries are the same as used with other ports.