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Waste Dumping Management at Seaport Malaysia: Contributing Factors of
Waste Dumping and Recommendation Plan
Nurhidayah Daud
Dr. Jagan Jeevan
Bachelor of Management (Maritime)
School of Maritime Business and Management
Extreme seaport activity is one of the driven factor that contribute to waste dumping
in the seaport territory. The activities that contribute to waste dumping such as
dredging operation, commercial ship activities, port operation and others. The purpose
of this research is to examine the process of waste management which applied in the
seaports. Seaports in Malaysia have been selected to evaluate the effectiveness of
waste management. In this paper, Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) has been applied
in this study to identify the main factor which contribute to waste dumping at the
seaport and the appropriate strategy to control waste dumping at the seaport. The
result shows strategies to reduce waste dumping is appropriate to apply in the seaport.
The factors that contribute of waste dumping such as waste disposal from ship, human
behavior, cargo residue, need to be reduce according to appropriate strategies to
ensure the smooth port operation and emphasized the performance of ports.
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