Assessment on the Contribution of Inland Port and Terminal Development for Ethiopian Logistics sector: The Case of Ethiopian Shipping and Logistics Service Enterprise
| dc.contributor.advisor | Ensermu, Matiwos(PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Haile, Abebe | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-12-09T12:52:14Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-04T14:00:55Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-12-09T12:52:14Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-04T14:00:55Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020-06 | |
| dc.description.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. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/23923 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Landlocked countries | en_US |
| dc.subject | Trade facilitation | en_US |
| dc.subject | Logistics Supply chain | en_US |
| dc.subject | Unimodal & Multimodal Transportation, | en_US |
| dc.title | Assessment on the Contribution of Inland Port and Terminal Development for Ethiopian Logistics sector: The Case of Ethiopian Shipping and Logistics Service Enterprise | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |