Subject Area
Policy, Law, Economics, Management
Activities
Professor Chinedum Onyemechi, Professor of Maritime Management
Technology, Federal University of Technology Owerri is specialist in the fields
of Ports, Shipping and Offshore Logistics and Technology. He is a member of
Nigerian Content Consultative forum, Shipping Logistics sector and has
contributed to Nigeria’s, offshore and shipping development via conference
presentations across Africa since 2011. He has taught courses in Offshore
Technology at the postgraduate level in conjunction with other related Maritime
Safety and Security courses at that level. His core areas of competency are in applying core
management and leadership theories in technology transformation of maritime
technology organizations such as the Naval and Maritime Security outfits,
Merchant Navy, Offshore ocean systems management to mention but a few. He has
made presentations in the areas of green ports development ,FLNG
tehnology,application of the center of the gravity model to maritime security
outfits, supply chain optimization in logistics and offshore operations to
mention but a few. Professor Chinedum Onyemechi has produced over three PhD graduates and
over 12 MSc graduates in the last five years. Prof Chinedum Onyemechi graduated
from the Federal University of Technology Owerri, Nigeria, Department of
Maritime Management Technology, 1989.After some years in the private sector,
part of which includes the Nigerian Ports Authority (NYSC), Shipping and Ports
Administration programme (UNILAG CONSULT), he proceeded for his M.Sc in 1998 and
took employment with the Federal University of Technology Owerri as a Research
Assistant. He was awarded an M.Sc in the year 2003 and appointed as an
Assistant Lecturer the same year. In the year 2011, he was awarded a PhD in
Maritime Management Technology. Prof Chinedum Onyemechi also consults for Port
Technology Consultancy Services Owerri. Besides having experience in marine
consultancy, Prof Chinedum Onyemechi is an accomplished academic with one
hundred and nine published works in conferences and learned paper publications
in Maritime Management Technology most of which has been presented in academic
and industry based conferences in countries including but not limited to United
Kingdom, Egypt, South Africa, United States of America, Canada, India, Spain,
Russia and Nigeria Prof Chinedum Onyemechi became a Member of the Nigerian
Institute of Shipping in 1990 and the Society of Naval Architects and Marine
Engineers in the year 2008. He was appointed Acting Head of Department of the
Department of Maritime Management Technology, an office he assumed in the month
of July, 2016 to 2017 He became full Professor in Maritime Management
Technology, Federal University of Technology Owerri, Nigeria in the year 2018
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Ocean expert, Maritime professional,