Assessment of Information System in the Prevention of Pollution in Nigerian Maritime Industry

Abstract

This study examined the effects of information systems on preventing marine
pollution. In this study, 170 respondents from shipping companies in Lagos State
were chosen, and a survey research design was adopted. A factorial analysis was
adopted to examine factors influencing pollution in the Nigerian maritime
industry. The findings demonstrated that four factors may explain 72.8% of the
common variance shared by seven variables. This is the reflection of the KMO
value, 0.717, which can be considered good and also indicates that factor analysis
was useful for the variables. Furthermore, the result shows the rho values to be
0.759 at p equals to 0.000, which is less than 0.05; hence, there is a significant
relationship existing between the examined variables, which are information
systems and pollution prevention. It was concluded that the release of solid waste
such as plastics, ballast water, oil spill gases, defecating in the sea, vessel collisions,
and abandoned vessels are factors responsible for polluting the marine
environment. It was recommended that vessels install technology to prevent the
discharge of oil into the sea.