LOGISTICS OPERATION MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS SUCCESS OF MARITIME FIRMS IN PORT HARCOURT

Abstract

This study empirically  investigate logistic operation management and business success of maritime firms in Port Harcourt the objective of the study was to determine the relationship between logistic operation management and business success of the maritime firms in Port Harcourt. This research question was posed and two [2] research hypotheses were raised to guide the conduct of the study.  The population of the study comprised of 110 managers of the maritime firms in Port Harcourt. The correlation research design was adopted for in the study, and spearman rank order correlation was used to test SPSS version 2.0. the result of the study was that there is a significant strong and positive relationship between logistics operation management and business success of maritime firms in Port Harcourt, based on the results, the finding were that, there is a significant strong and positive relationship between materials handlings with profitability growth and markets have growth, we therefore, concluded that there is a strong and positive relationship between operations manufactured and business success of maritime firms in Port Harcourt, we therefore recommended that firms should adopt modern material, handlings technologies to enhance their capacity for manufacturing goods efficiently, which will contribute to both the market share and probity.