Paul Stott
Senior Lecturer

  • Email: paul.stott@ncl.ac.uk
  • Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6721
  • Address: Newcastle University
    Armstrong Building
    Queen Victoria Road
    Newcastle upon Tyne
    NE17RU

Introduction

Paul Stott is a naval architect who has held line management positions in shipyards and has a wide-ranging background in international market research and strategic planning.  Paul entered academia in 2010 after spending twenty six years in the marine industries.  Working initially as a production and project manager in the shipyards of North East England he then spent twenty two years as a consultant working for companies and institutional clients in around forty countries, developing a considerable reputation in the field.  Consultancy work of particular note includes the following:

  • Innovative work in developing product mix strategies and the understanding of the economic links between shipyards and their markets, as a framework for setting targets.
  • Responsibility for strategic planning for the development of  (inter-alia) Wai Gao Qiao (China’s largest shipyard), Abu Dhabi Shipbuilding (UAE) and Nakilat Ship Repair Yard (Qatar).
  • Technical expert in a trade dispute between EU and South Korea relating to shipbuilding competitiveness, pursued through tribunal at the World Trade Organisation.   Monitoring of shipyard activities in South Korea and cost modelling to build and justify the case were undertaken over a period of about five years.

Background

1997 – 2010: Principal Consultant, First Marine International Limited

1996 – 1997: Director, Strategic Maritime Consulting

1988 – 1995: Director, A&P Appledore International

1986 – 1988: Project Manager, North East Shipbuilders Limited

1984 – 1986: Teaching Company (Research) Associate, Newcastle University / British Shipbuilders

Roles and Responsibilities

Senior Lecturer, marine production and shipping market analysis

Stream Leader, MSc Marine Transport with Management

Qualifications

BSc (first class honours), Naval Architecture and Shipbuilding, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1984.

Memberships

Member of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects

Chartered Engineer

Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing

Esteem indicators 

External examiner, Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University 

Council Member, Shipbuilders and Ship Repairers Association (UK)

Member of the Market Monitoring Group of the Committee of European Shipbuilders’ Associations (Brussels).

Speaker at AVEVA Marine Reference Group Meeting (London), April 2011, speaking on "key concepts underlying shipbuilding performance and competitiveness". 

Honours and Awards

Burrill Medal (1984) from the North East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, “for outstanding results obtained in Part III of the Final Examination for BSc Honours”.

Elmer L Hann Award from the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers for “paper entitled ‘Marketing Strategy for Merchant Shipbuilders’, 1995 Ship Production Symposium, Seattle, Washington”.

Research Interests

My research interests are related to the interface between marine industries and markets, in particular competitiveness and price / subsidy.  Interests include market forecasting, metrics and performance measurement, and the role of non-governmental organisations such as the WTO and OECD in regulating shipyard markets.

Previous research interests have included control of distortion in thin plate structures in shipyard construction.

Undergraduate

MAR1005 (Module Leader, 100% contribution): Marine Production Management I

MAR2012 (20% contribution): Engineering Applications

Postgraduate

Mar8007 (Module Leader, 100% contribution): Marine Production Technology

MAR8043 (Module Leader, 80% contribution): Shipping Market Analysis and Risk Management

MAR8096 (Module Leader): Dissertation (MSc Marine Transport with Management)

SPG8010 (20% contribution): Renewable Energy; Marine and Offshore Devices

Administrative role as module leader

MAR8014: Marine Liability Insurance and Law

MAR8035: Management and Communications

MAR8036: The International Safety Management (ISM) Code

MAR8023: Surveying Ships and Offshore Installations

MAR8041: Human Resource Management

Teaching Development

Production modules and the teaching of marine production in general is under review by Paul Stott, with the aim of modernisation and improving industry relevance.  New MOFS are anticipated to roll out in 2012/13.