Martin Stopford

Martin Stopford, 2011

Martin Stopford (* 1947 in Bolton ) is a British economist and managing director of the maritime services company Clarksons .

Education and professional career

Stopford completed his schooling in Shrewsbury and Staffordshire and later studied politics, philosophy and economics in Oxford and London. After completing his studies, he received a doctorate in economics in 1979 . He worked as early as the early 1970s on the publication of maritime studies and from 1977 for the state shipbuilding company British Shipbuilders Corporation . After a two-year stint at Chase Manhattan Bank , Stopford joined Clarkson Research in 1990 and moved up to its board of directors in 2004.

Martin Stopford teaches as a regular lecturer and course leader at the Cambridge Academy of Transport and as a visiting professor at Cass Business School , Dalian Maritime University , Copenhagen Business School and Newcastle University .

In addition to numerous publications and lectures, Stopford is best known for the publication of the work Maritime Economics . The book, which has been published in three editions since 1988, is one of the standard works of the maritime economy. In 2005, Stopford was awarded the Chojeong Book Prize for Maritime Economics . The Southampton Solent University awarded Stopford 2009 an honorary doctorate and the journal Lloyd's List honored him in 2010 with an award for his life's work. In 2015, Stopford received the Onassis Prize .

Private

Martin Stopford has two children, Ben and Elizabeth. He runs organic farming on his farm in the Staffordshire Moorlands.

Publications (selection)

• Maritime Economics. 3. Edition. Routledge, London et al. 2009, ISBN 978-0-415-27558-3 .

• Stopford is also a regular contributor to papers and scholarly articles on maritime economic issues.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Costas Grammenos: The Handbook of Maritime Economics and Business. Taylor & Francis, Hoboken 2013, ISBN 978-1-84311-880-0 , p. XXV.
2. ↑ Entry at Newcastle University ( Memento of the original from May 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) 
3. ↑ Entry at The International Foundation for the Law of the Sea ( Memento of the original from May 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) 
4. ↑ ^{a b} Onassis Prizes honor world leading academics at Cass Business School , March 23, 2015 (English)
5. ↑ Overview of Southampton Solent University (English)
6. ↑ Lifetime Award for Dr Stopford at Clarksons , October 1, 2010 ( Memento of the original from February 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) 
7. ↑ Entry at the Department of Merchant Shipping, Cyprus (English)
8. ↑ Publications at Clarkson Research Services (English)