- Title
- Determinants of a competitive bunkering service: a South African model
- Creator
- Mdlalose, Silindile
- Subject
- Ships -- Fuel -- South Africa
- Subject
- Oil transfer operations -- South Africa Coastal water transportation -- Economic aspects -- South Africa
- Date Issued
- 2019
- Date
- 2019
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MBA
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/41471
- Identifier
- vital:36487
- Description
- South Africa is one of the best strategically positioned countries in the world in terms of trade routes from the west to the east. According to the Operation Phakisa research team, about 13 000 vessels visit South African ports annually and nearly 30 000 vessels sail along the South African coast yearly. Yet, less than ten percent of visiting vessels replenish bunkers in the country. This is a lost business opportunity for the South African bunker industry. South Africa has struggled to attract and maintain bunker business for some time. The aim of this study is to establish what the determinants of a competitive bunker industry are. A positivism philosophy is adopted to conduct the study. Using information gathered through a literature review, a conceptualised model for a competitive bunker industry is formulated. The model claims that there is a positive relationship between bunker industry competitiveness and eight independent variables identified in literature. The eight independent variables identified are (i) Bunker Fuel, (ii) Location, (iii) Port Accessibility, (iv) Rules and Regulations, (v) Service, (vi) Infrastructure, (vii) Cost of Service and (viii) Human Capital. A survey is conducted using a questionnaire. The questionnaire was generated specifically to collect primary data. There are 104 usable responses received back from the survey. The response data are used for quantitative data analysis. Quantitative data analysis methods like the EFA, Cronbach’s alpha, one sample t-test and Pearson Moment Correlations’ analysis are employed to test the conceptualised model. Findings show that independent variables (i) Service, (ii) Infrastructure, (iii) Port Accessibility, (iv) Location and (v) Bunker Industry Competitiveness (the independent variable) are contributors to bunker industry competitiveness (dependent variable). The results indicate that to achieve bunker industry competitiveness, the best approach will be to employ a collective approach that will simultaneously consider all of the literature-identified variables. All of the variables will have to be considered and aligned when the strategy for a competitive bunker industry is created.
- Format
- xii, 213 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
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