Influence of Sustainable Shipping on Organizational Effectiveness of Shipping Companies in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Chinwendu Laurentia Odiegwu and Enyioko, Newman Chintuwa (PhD)
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Chinwendu Laurentia Odiegwu: PhD Scholar in Maritime Transport, Post Graduate School, Department of Maritime Science, Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
Enyioko, Newman Chintuwa (PhD): Medonice Consulting and Research Institute, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2022, vol. 6, issue 8, 74-92

Abstract: The study examined the relationship between sustainable shipping and organizational effectiveness of shipping companies in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The independent variable is sustainable shipping. Also, the dependent variable – organizational effectiveness was measured with customer orientation and operational efficiency. The population of the study consisted of forty-five (45) shipping companies in Port Harcourt. The study selected ten (10) staff from each of the 41 shipping companies and that resulted to the sampling of four hundred and ten (410) staff and 374 copies of questionnaire were retrieved from them. After editing them, 354 copies of questionnaire representing 86.34% response rate were validly used for the study. The study used descriptive and inferential statistical tools to analyse the data. Specifically, Pearson Products Moment Correlation Coefficient (r) was used to test the hypotheses with the aid of SPSS 25.0. The study found that shipping companies have a formal Management Information System Department and employ managers whose main duties include the management of information technology to achieve organizational effectiveness. The study concluded that: Sustainable shipping has positive and significant relationship with customer orientation and operational efficiency of shipping companies. Technology moderates the relationship between maritime transport and organisational effectiveness of shipping companies. The study, therefore, recommends that: Government should create and encourage conducive maritime transport environment so that shipping companies can benefit from the economic and social gains arising from sustainable shipping practices. Shipping firms in Nigeria should adapt technology in various forms so that their maritime transport activities could be effectively and efficiently operated for optimal performance.

Date: 2022
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