Maritime Activities and Mathematics for the Shipping Industry in Nigeria
Keywords:
Mathematics, Maritime, Historical development, SeafarerAbstract
The paper examines mathematics and maritime affairs. Mathematics has been in existence from the creation of the earth. From the beginnings to the present day, there has always been a strong link between mathematics and shipping. Mathematics and shipping started developing at aboutthe same time, fulfilling the basic human needs to act and to be creative. The shipping industry has developed throughout the history relatively, but there have been periods of stagnation in times of great crises and wars. Mathematics is used for the various calculations in shipping from shipbuilding to trade, transportation, and management. The safety of navigation, improvement of
accuracy in navigation, chart work, optimization of costs, higher earnings and profits for ship owners and employees pose only a fraction of maritime affairs, hardly accessible without the knowledge and application of mathematics. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to examine the
development of mathematics and maritime affairs, and to show how the knowledge of mathematics can become a powerful tool in the hands of a seafarer
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