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PRELIMINARY PAGES
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Background of Study
- 1.3 Statement of Problems
- 1.4 Aim and Objectives of Study
- 1.5 Research Questions
- 1.6 Research Hypothesis
- 1.7 Significance of Study
- 1.8 Scope of Study
- 1.9 Limitations of the Study
- 1.10 Definition of Terms
CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Conceptual Framework
- 2.3 Current Status and Trends in World Shipping
- 2.3.1 Overview of the World Shipping Industry
- 2.3.2 Trends in Ship Types and Features
- 2.3.3 Trends in Shipping Economics
- 2.4 Overview of Shipping Markets–The Current Trend
- 2.5 The Global Evolution of Containerization
- 2.6 Importance of Maritime Trade in Nigeria’s Economy
- 2.7 Ownership of Merchant Navy Fleet
- 2.8 Opportunities for African Maritime Countries
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Definition of Area and Population of Study
- 3.3 Sources of Data
- 3.4 Procedure for Data Analysis
- 3.5 Operational Definition of Variables / Hypotheses Testing
- 3.5.1 Hypothesis 1
- 3.5.2 Hypotheses 2
- 3.5.3 Hypotheses 3
- 3.6 Test of Significance
- 3.6.1 Test of Model Significance – Anova
- 3.6.2 Test of the Model; Coefficient of Determination and the F-Test Approach
- 3.7 Assumptions of the Linear Regression Model
CHAPTER FOUR
DATA ANALYSIS, RESULT AND DISCUSSION
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Data Presentation
- 4.3 Data Analysis and Hypotheses Testing
- 4.3.1 The Influence of Shipment Export Trade on Economic Development
- 4.3.1.1 Test of Model Significance – Anova Method
- 4.3.1.2 Test of Model Significance, R2 Method
- 4.3.1.3 Test of the Significance of the Explanatory Variable
- 4.3.2 The Influence of Shipment Export Trade on Nigeria External Reserve
- 4.3.2.1 Test of Model Significance – Anova Method
- 4.3.2.2 Test of Model Significance – R2 Method
- 4.3.2.3 Test of the Significance of the Explanatory Variables
- 4.3.3 The Influence of Shipment Export Trade on External Debt Payment
- 4.3.3.1 Test of Model Significance – Anova Method
- 4.3.3.2 Test of Model Significance, R2.
- 4.3.3.3 Test of the Significance of the Explanatory Variable
- 4.4 Discussion of Results
- 4.4.1 Hypothesis One
- 4.4.2 Hypothesis Two
- 4.4.3 Hypothesis Three
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Summary
- 5.3 Conclusion
- 5.4 Recommendation
REFERENCES
APPENDIX A - “QUESTIONNAIRE”
1.1 Introduction
The shipping industry had been fundamentally transformed by the expansion of international trade and technological innovations since the 1960s. Shipping in the past several decades was characterized by the increasingly popular use of containers for most general cargoes, of which in most cases is accompanied with liner shipping offering fixed, publicized schedules and routings between particular ports (Ng, 2006). Container transport is regarded as the world’s truly global supply chain due to the fact that a single cargo-laden container can be moved by different transport vehicles (e.g., vessels, trains, and trucks) and handled by various types of handling equipment and facilities from origin to destination along the entire end-to-end supply chain.
As a prelude to other parts of this study, this chapter will discuss the background upon which this study was initiated, the statement of problems that led to this study, the Aim and Objectives of the study. Others are Significance of the study, Scope of work, Research hypothesis and questions, Limitations of the Study and Definition of technical terms.
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