Effects of Marine Litters on Ferryboat Transportation in Coastal Areas of Rivers State Nigeria

Abstract

This is an empirical study on effects of marine litters on ferryboat transportation in coastal areas of Rivers State. Primary data was
collected with the help of well-structured questionnaire designed by the researcher in four Likert scales and was analyzed using charts,
percentage and independent samples T test statistics to determine the significant difference in the mean of the independent group
variables in the data sets. Four hypotheses were postulated from the objectives of the study to answer the research questions. It was
found in all the hypotheses tested that; there were statistically significant difference in mean of the grouped data sets. This means that
the difference between the mean of the grouped data were statistically significant in all the hypotheses tested. Therefore, the null
hypotheses were rejected and the alternative hypotheses accepted, inferring that marine litters cause ferryboat accident, siltation on
water channels; damages to ferryboat propeller, slow speed of ferryboats, and cause irritation to passengers. Based on these findings,
some recommendations were made which suggest urgent clean-up of the waterways.