The Effectiveness Of Containers In The Movement Of Cargo In And Out Of Tincan Island Port He Advent Of Port Concession In Nigeria
Abstract
This study focuses on the effectiveness of holders in the movement of weight in the eschewal of Tincan Island Port. Data attained from the NPA statistics showed that between the time 2000- 2005. In the 2000 a aggregate of 31,363 TEU laden holders came in as significances while 4,243 TEU went out as import.
In the 2001 45,854 TEU laden holders came in as significances while 4,546 TEU went out as import. In the 2002 48,890 TEU Laden holders came in as significances while 4,680 TEU Laden Containers came in as significances while 4,964 TEU went out as import. In 2004 39,651 TEU Laden holders came in as significances while 3,398 TEU went out as import. In 2005 51,197 TEU while 4,887 TEU went out as import.
Chapter One
Preface
Transportation in a simple sense means the movement of people and goods from one place to another. The need for transport is unnaturally the desire of Man to ground the gap between the areas of resource fat and areas of resource poverties. thus areas lacking in similar coffers but need them demand from areas with fat. To be suitable to achieve this transport is needed.
There are five main modes of transport videlicet Road, Rail, Water( ocean and swash), Air and Pipeline. For the purpose of this study, focus will be on ocean transport. Sea transport has certain advantages over the land mode. It makes use of aqueducts similar as swash, ocean and ocean as channel of movement. Unlike thruway and road, water transport requires little conservation. Water shells are two dimensional, although ocean- going vessels constantly keep to shipping lanes. Boat can travel within a limited number of constraints in any direction.
Sea transport has the capability to carry the largest number of passengers and freight compared to all other modes. It’s transnational in nature, cheap and comparatively has a low speed. The movement of ocean vessels is confined by physical conditions, profitable consideration and political factors. Its operation is subject to transnational rules and regulations. And it requires sophisticated terminal installations and outfit.
vessels carry transport units by ocean between different corridor. They can vary vastly in size depending on the distance to be covered and the volumes to be transported. Most frequently they sail in set routes arranged by the shipping companies and the shippers. In the case of deep ocean shipping, they only carry “ ocean holders ”, complying with the specialized features quested in the ISO norms in force. Containers lead to better logistical operation of the areas used for lading and disburdening goods, since their rigid structure enables them to be piled up three high. Container lengths have been formalized at 20 and 40 bases, making them the ideal transport unit for ocean shipping.
Containerization was innovated by ocean land, a shipping company innovated by Malcolm McLean in 1957. Though McLean didn’t construct containerization, he was the first to successfully manipulate the technology. Containerization can be astronomically defined as stowing desultorily shaped freight goods in sealed and applicable holders of invariant size and shape that can be fluently transported across different modes of transport. The crucial benefit of containerization has been that it has greatly eased the transport of weight, particularly with respect to the on and off lading of vessels. This had far reaching consequences for the transportation assiduity, leading to advancements in effectiveness as well as an overall increase in trade volumes. likewise, by easing the combinations of multiple transport modes, containerization drove connection and perpendicular integration in the transport assiduity.
Nigeria significances large volume of artificial and mechanical outfit with other consumer products to the country. The development of ocean harborage in Nigeria started in the medial 19th century in the period of meaningful disquisition and trading conditioning in the country.
The exploration will try to examine the satisfaction Nigerian consignees decide from the use of holders in order to determine the effectiveness of holders in the movement of weight at the Tincan Island Port.
Statement Of Problem
The use of any invention or technology does come with some challenges, likewise the use of holders in Nigeria at the Tincan Island Port.
1. Containerization of weight has a multiple effect on unit cost of product due to inordinate operation charges.
2. Block mounding of holders in the terminal couple with thenon-chalant station of terminal drivers causes gratuitous detention for consignees.
3. furnishing acceptable security for holders in the outstation has come veritably delicate.
4. Containers running has come time consuming owing to shy force of factory outfit and technical vessel truck.
therefore the following stressed problems need to be resolved to enhance the benefits of using holders.
Aim and objects of the Study
The end of this study is to examine the effectiveness of holders in the movement of weight in and out of Tincan Island Port. Below are the objects to achieve this end.
1. To examine the functional effectiveness of vessel handling on weight movement.
2. To identify the constraints on the use of holders.
3. To assess the position of security for the contents of the holders at the terminal, harborage or in conveyance.
4. To examine the global acceptance of holders in easing shipping operations thereby easing transnational trade.
5. To identify the contractual agreement in use of holders between the shipping companies and consignees.
compass of Study
The study area is Tincan Island Port in Lagos. The study involves the assessment of effectiveness of holders in the movement of weight in and out of the study area.
In addition, the study area will also concentrate on the satisfaction deduced by consignees in the operation of holders, taking into consideration the number of holders that make inward and outward movements.
Study Area
Tincan Port is uniquely equipped to handle large number of vehicle and general weight holders. In fact, over 80 percent out all imported vehicle pass through the Port. The Port consists of places 9 and 10. The part has a jetty length of 705 measures. There are also two surge houses of 6,800 square measures each with a ultramodern executive block. The Port is located North- West of Apapa Port and has a bearing of latitude6.27 degree North and longitude3.3 degree East.
Statement of Research Hypothesis
H1 If there’s significant relationship between the number of consignees who use vessel and the shipping charges.
HO If there’s no significant relationship between the number of consignees who use vessel and the shipping charges.
H1 If there’s significant relationship between the security of goods and pilferage.
HO If there’s no significant relationship between the security of goods and pilferage.
Limitation and Constraints
The study will concentrate only on Tincan Island Port in Lagos, as time and cost are major hindrances as at the time of jotting. Endured some difficulties in carrying vessel outturn data from Nigerian Port Authority( NPA).
In administering the questionnaires, there were difficulties as the repliers were reticent, but after contending and prevailing them, theyco-operated with me.
History of Container Development
This section will develop the environment in which containerization was introduced; first we establish the marketable imperative behind the technology.
Transportation before the arrival of colonization
Containerization benefits and value creation
Impact of containerization on the transportation assiduity.
Delineations of Terms
Cargo This refers to a goods transported vice the boat. It includes all kinds of portable particular property other than creatures.
Vessel This refers to a boat of any kind whatsoever whether tone propelled or else hauled other than a boat belonging to a foreign government not engaged in commerce or trade.
Cargo Throughput The summation of inward and outward weight handled in a harborage within a presuppositions period. It excludes heftiness of crude petroleum oil painting handled.
Tonne( a) where charges are assessed on the gross weight of the commodity and all packaging, 10 kilos, but any consignment importing lower than 50 kilos shall be charged as if similar consignment were importing 50 kilos.
b) Where charges are assessed by dimension, 1m3 or1.416 m3 in the cases of logs, unless else specified by a special agreement.
Stowing This is a process where goods( weight) are packed in the right or accessible places without waste of room. It’s simply the process of placing weight where is won’t beget inhibition.
Chase This is a solid stationary artificial place generally of gravestone or iron lying along side or projecting into water for lading or disburdening vessels.
Terminal Where holders are stored for examination and delivery before being released to the consignees.
TEU One unit 20 ’ Foot vessel.
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