Supervision Practices as a Predictor of Maritime Accidents and Incidents in Territorial Waters, Mombasa County, Kenya

Grace Okong’o ,Daniel Mange Mbirithi

doi:10.7176/ppar/11-6-01

Abstract

The study focused on supervision practices on maritime accidents and incidents in territorial waters, Mombasa County, Kenya. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. The objective of the study was to examine the influence of supervision practices on maritime accidents and incidents in territorial waters, Mombasa County, Kenya. The study population was 194 employees of Kenyan Ferry Services (KFS) who included 4 top management officers, 15 middle management and 175 supervisory officers. This study used stratified sampling to identify a sample size of 78 employees which represent 40% of the population. Primary data were collected through a questionnaire. Frequencies, descriptive and inferential statistics were derived to present the data. Demographic information was presented through charts; descriptive statistics presented using tables and bar graphs while inferential statistics, correlation analysis and regression were presented using tables. Analysis was done by Statistical Package for Social Sciences tool. A multiple linear regression model was used to test the significance. Findings revealed that R 2 was 0.783, β=0.531, t=8.970, p=0.000<0.05). Study hypotheses concluded that supervisory practices had a statistically significant influence on maritime incidents and accidents in territorial waters in Kenya. Study suggests solutions to curb maritime accidents and incidents in the Coast region. The study may be of importance to the government by using the recommendations to enact policies aimed at further minimizing accidents in Kenyan territorial and internal waters. The study findings may also benefit researchers who may wish to develop the study further through subsequent researches and also the academicians wishing to enrich their knowledge in the concept of supervision practices in curbing maritime accidents and incidents. Keys word s: Supervision practices, maritime accidents and incidents, territorial waters DOI: 10.7176/PPAR/11-6-01 Publication date: July 31 st 2021

Highlights

Maritime is lifeblood of many economies that convey vast majority of trade and many vital resources; it can too be exploited by nations, criminals and terrorists calling for national and international policing and regulation
Out of 4 top managers reached out for interview, were all available and participated giving a response www.iiste.org rate of 100% and all these response were regarded as the responsive instrument for subsequent analysis
4.4 Level of Maritime accidents and incidents in territorial waters Level of maritime accidents and incidents in territorial waters was identified in the current study as the dependent variable

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Maritime is lifeblood of many economies that convey vast majority of trade and many vital resources; it can too be exploited by nations, criminals and terrorists calling for national and international policing and regulation. The maritime administrations’ (flag and Coastal states) safety responsibilities are determined by the United Nations through the Convention on the United Nations Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). UNCLOS sets the broad regulative framework, the task of developing and maintaining workable regulations and supervision on ship safety within this framework is delegated to the International Maritime Organization (IMO), a UN agency which is responsible for international conventions and agreements (IMO, 2017). Sufficient and useful information is needed to identify possible problems in time, plan for actions required, give direction and allocate premises for the enforcement and supervision (Lin & Wang, 2017). An efficient safety management system gives sufficient support for the operators to be aware of the state and variations of safety margins. Supervision is a complex concept in regard to dynamics, latent errors, human and organizational errors, claim for a vigilant, skillful and agile safety management system (Tenold, 2018)

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