1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Every country's socioeconomic and political growth is aided by transport. As a result, transport may be considered the "lifeline" of every economy. It is very vital throughout the li...
EXCERPT FROM THE STUDY
In water transportation the vessels used for carrying passengers vary in sizes. The number of persons carried per trip varies depending on the size of the boat. However, water transportation vessels are known for carrying large number of per...
Background to the study
An accident on a vessel is an occurrence that was not planned for. Its severity might range from no damage to the vessel to the loss of the vessel in its whole, from no damage to the cargo to the loss of all of the cargo, and fro...
Abstract
Cases of marine vessel accident involving personal injury, deaths, property and environmental damage have grown in tandem with increased oil prospecting and other commercial seaborne transportation activities in Niger-Delta/coastal regions of N...
ABSTRACT
Nigeria has a land area of 923,768.64 square kilometers, with a coastline of over 823 kilometres and navigable inland waterways of about 4,000 kilometres. These confer on Nigeria great potentials. To what extent these potentials have been tapped for productivity and nation buil...