Assessment on the Contribution of Inland Port and Terminal Development for Ethiopian Logistics sector: The Case of Ethiopian Shipping and Logistics Service Enterprise
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2020-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The main intention of this research study is to assess the Inland Port and Terminal
Development Contribution for the Logistics Industry of the Country (Ethiopia).The
Case of Ethiopian Shipping and Logistics Service Enterprise Modjo port and
terminal. The Inland Port and Terminal (Dry Port) defined as a place where located in
heartland serves as seaport that customer services, custom clearances, consolidation,
warehousing, container stuffing/unstaffing, storage, inventory control, freight
forwarding & repair facilities provided.
The research study utilized cross-sectional research design (mixed research approach)
that both qualitative and quantitative data used for analysis. As a target population of
the research study 225 permanent employees of the Modjo Dry Port and Terminal of
the Enterprise nominated from which 144 sample sizes determined through stratified
and purposive sampling methods based on the research objectives, with 95%
confidence interval.
The researcher used both primary and secondary data for the research study. The data
collection have been made for the primary data through questioner & structured
interview with the port and terminal employees’ and the secondary data derived from
articles reports journal data sources. The quantitative collected data analyzed by using
SPSS (20 version) statistical tools.
The research study revealed that the inland port and terminal development
contribution found substantial for Ethiopian logistics industry enhancement and serve
as simplification gears for major import/export goods flows of the country. The
research study findings identified that in Modjo dry port and terminal it has been
witnessed the unavailability of sufficient working materials (such as port equipment,
trucks, etc.), lack of skilled manpower and low level to computerized system that
have lagging effects on daily port operations of the inland port and terminal. Based on
the research finding, recommendation suggested for alleviation of the problems.
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Landlocked countries, Trade facilitation, Logistics Supply chain, Unimodal & Multimodal Transportation,