Maritime Traffic Density and Ports Efficiency in Rivers State

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@article{1713419,
      author = {Adoh Jonah Omaji, Nwabueze Ebere, Ibekwe Wechie},
      title = {Maritime Traffic Density and Ports Efficiency in Rivers State},
      journal = {Iconic Research And Engineering Journals},
      year = {2026},
      volume = {9},
      number = {7},
      pages = {487-506},
      issn = {2456-8880},
      url = {https://www.irejournals.com/formatedpaper/1713419.pdf},
      abstract = {The study examined the effect of Maritime Traffic Density and Ports Efficiency in Rivers State. There are three (3) shipping terminals in Onne population port, Rivers State. Hence, these constitute the population of the study. This study adopted a cross-sectional survey. Four (4) senior managers, operational manager, fleet manager, commercial manager and HR Manager in each of the company served as the study respondents. This made the respondents twelve (12) senior managers of the three shipping companies in Rivers State. The primary sources consist of first-hand information or raw data obtained by the researcher himself through the administration of research instruments. The secondary sources are existing data obtained from relevant materials such; books, journals, magazines and so on an unpublished work of others as well as valuable documents available to the researcher. In this study, percentages, ratios, frequency distribution, scaling, ranking and other statistical tools would be used to analyse and achieve research objectives. Spearman Rank Order Correlation (SROC).  All these analyses were computed through the use of statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) IBM SPSS Statistics 23 version. A total of eighty-four (84) copies of questionnaire were distributed to the respondents who are senior managerial members of shipping terminals in Onne Port Harcourt. The findings from the study indicate a strong positive significant relationship between maritime density traffic and port efficiency in Rivers State, Nigeria. This relationship suggests that as the volume of maritime traffic increases, port operations in the state become more efficient, a dynamic that has important implications for both operational management and policy development. The study therefore concludes that maritime vessel traffic positively influences port efficiency in Rivers State.},
      keywords = {Maritime Spatial Traffic, Cargo Throughput, Vessel Turnaround Time, Maritime Vessel Traffic, Maritime Flow Traffic},
      month = {January},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.64388/IREV9I7-1713419}
  }