Appraisal of Cabotage Act Implementation in Nigeria

I. Njoku¹

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.9 , Issue.4 , pp.7-12, Dec-2021

Online published on Dec 31, 2021

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Abstract :
This paper appraises the degree of Cabotage Act implementation in Nigeria. The Act was passed into law in 2003 to empower domestic shipping operators to dominate the coastal and inland shipping trade. Secondary data were employed to elicit information on the relationship exiting between local and foreign cabotage operators in respect of vessel ownership, revenue earned, manning and building of cabotage vessel. The difference of means statistical method was employed for the analysis and hypotheses were tested using a paired t-Test method of analysis. H0A was accepted to show that there was no significant difference in vessel ownership between foreign and local operators; H0B was rejected which indicates that foreign operators were earning more than local counterparts; H0C was rejected which means that local manning was more than foreign manning; H0D was rejected showing that foreign built vessels outnumbered the locally made ones. The result of this analysis revealed that much improvement has not been recorded in the fortunes of indigenous shippers in the country. The paper therefore suggests that, the agency charged with the enforcement of this Act should shift focus from revenue generation such as granting waivers to foreign participators and seek for more indigenous participation.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Cabotage, Waivers, Vessel, Shippers, Manning, Indigenous

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