- Title
- The Impact of COVID-19 on Maritime Operations at the Port of Mossel Bay
- Creator
- Mthembu, Sandile
- Subject
- COVID-19 (Disease)
- Subject
- Maritime Operations, Port of Mossel Bay
- Date Issued
- 2022-12
- Date
- 2022-12
- Type
- Master's theses
- Type
- Thesis
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/59768
- Identifier
- vital:62422
- Description
- The goal of this study is to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 on maritime operations at the Port of Mossel Bay, South Africa (SA) before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Port of Mossel Bay is the smallest commercial port in SA. The Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA), which is owned by the South African government and reports directly to the Department of Public Enterprises, manages and operates the Port of Mossel Bay. The oil and gas industry, as well as a small fishing fleet, are served by the port at Mossel Bay. Although fishing industry is crucial to the local population in the Southern Cape, the Port of Mossel Bay also manages a number of other commercial activities, which greatly contributes to the South African economy and Growth Domestic Product (GDP). The study focused on four companies, which conduct maritime operations at the Port of Mossel Bay, namely, Mossel Bay Transnet Port Authority, PetroSA, SeaVuna and Viking Fishing Operations. Various literature studies were utilised to gather background information for each company, as well as data for comparison, evaluation and interpretation of maritime operations before, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Using an interpretivist approach as a research philosophy, a qualitative research methodology was employed. For the qualitative data collection, participants were contacted, after which the data was analysed, leading to the identification of themes. COVID-19 has had a financial and operational influence on maritime operations at the Port of Mossel Bay, according to the empirical findings. Companies created are continuing to implement, steps to ameliorate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure that operations are carried out effectively and efficiently. The intention of this study is to contribute to the body of knowledge to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of marine operations in South African waters and beyond before, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Additional benefits of this research are to provide a framework of analysis for restoring maritime operations but also to serve as a preventative framework for prolonged or recurring pandemic phenomena in the future.
- Description
- Thesis (MPhil) -- Faculty of Business and Economic Science, School of Applied Accounting, 2022
- Format
- computer
- Format
- online resource
- Format
- Format
- 1 online resource (xii, 141 pages)
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Business and Economic Science
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
- Rights
- All Rights Reserved
- Rights
- Open Access
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