IIARD International Institute of Academic Research and Development

International Journal of Engineering and Modern Technology (IJEMT )

E-ISSN 2504-8848
P-ISSN 2695-2149
VOL. 11 NO. 4 2025
DOI: 10.56201/ijemt.vol.11.no4.2025.pg81.94

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Development of Maintenance Management System to Increase the Availability Performance of Public Transport Ferries at Tashico Mwanza

Kondo Abdulrahmani, Dr Ngongi Werneld

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Abstract

Tanzania Shipping Company (TASHICO) is a government company that was established by government for inland water transport. Effective maintenance for the company is regarded as one of the major challenges, especially if its goal is to provide services or products at a higher competency level than its competitors. Therefore, there is a need to develop the Ferry Maintenance System to improve service to it’s ships’ availability performance at TASHICO Mwanza. The main objective of this study is to develop maintenance management systems to increase the availability performance of public transport ferries at TASHICO Mwanza. To identify maintenance management factors affecting the availability performance of the public transport ferry management system at TASHICO Mwanza and develop a strategic ferry maintenance system for enhancing the availability performance of service ferry at Mwanza. The research used field observations, questionnaires, and documentary reviews to determine the current factors affecting the ferry maintenance management system for service ferries in the TASHICO Mwanza. Furthermore, the relative importance index (RII) was used to rank the significance of identified factors. The modeling of factors was used by the multiple regression model. The model was thereafter validated. The study identified the current factors affecting the ferry maintenance management system: Effectiveness of ferry Maintenance Schedule and Planning, Ferry Spare Parts Availability, Availability of Ferry Maintenance Tools, Availability of Ferry Skilled Maintenance Personnel, Limited Training on ferry maintenance; Effectiveness Communication and Logistics support in station. Finally, the study gave recommendations for improving the identified most significant factor.

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