Cardiff Business School

CBS Faculty

Dr Stephen Pettit graduated with a BSc Honours degree in Maritime Geography from Cardiff University in 1989 and in 1993 he was awarded a PhD from the University of Wales.

In the last decade he has been involved in a range of transport related research projects.  Notably, he was involved in a groundbreaking project for the Department of Transport, studying the UK economy’s requirements for people with seafaring experience.  This work was updated in 2003 and highlighted important issues relating to the decline in the number of UK seafaring officers.

He has been involved in a wide range of international transport related projects for EU DGVII (DGTREN). These have included:

• The economic value of shipping to the UK economy;
• The implementation of the Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping Convention within Far East Maritime Colleges;
• A survey of Higher Education Courses in the UK and Europe in the field of Maritime Economics and Logistics;
• An Analysis of the cost structure of the main TEN ports (ATENCO);
• Work Organisation in Ports (WORKPORT); and
• Maritime education and training project (METNET) as part of the NEPTUNE consortium.

His most recent research work has considered aspects of the logistics of humanitarian aid delivery.  An initial project was funded by the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport through their Seedcorn Grant scheme and was co-researched with Dr Anthony Beresford.  This work is now being extended through collaboration with Cranfield University in the Cardiff-Cranfield Humanitarian Logistics Initiative.

research interests

His broad research interests include:

• Port development and port policy
• The logistics of humanitarian aid delivery

teaching profile

In addition to current research he lectures in Port Policy and Management and Information Technology.

Module coordinator:
MSc: Port Policy and Management
MSc: E-Commerce and Information Technology

selected publications

Stephen has contributed to many academic papers, conference papers and reports.  These include:

Gardner B., Pettit SJ, Marlow PB, Naim MM, Nair R (2007) The policy implications of market failure for the land-based jobs market for British seafarers, Marine Policy 31(2), pp. 117-124

Gardner BMG, Marlow PB, Pettit SJ. (2006) Full Cost Recovery in EU ports operating as commercial undertakings. Transport Policy 13 (2006) pp. 2 – 21.

Pettit SJ, Beresford AKC (2005) Emergency relief logistics: An evaluation of military, non-military and composite response models.  International Journal of Logistics: Research and Applications 8(4) pp. 313 - 332

Pettit SJ, Beresford AKC, Gardner BM, Wooldridge CF, Naniopoulos A (2004) The UNCTAD and WORKPORT models of port development: revolution or evolution?  Maritime Policy and Management Vol. 31 (2) pp. 93-107

Beresford AKC, Araujo De Souza Junior G, Pettit SJ. (2003) Liner Shipping Companies and Terminal Operators: Globalisation or Internationalisation? International Journal of Maritime Economics and Logistics, 2003 (5), pp. 393-412