Stehr Consulting
Stehr Consulting is the research firm commissioned to conduct the economic analysis underlying the Lloyd's Register / NPL / NSO UK maritime-autonomy sector baseline.
Stehr Consulting is the research consultancy that produced the economic analysis behind the UK's first official maritime-autonomy sector baseline, published 4 June 2026 by Lloyd's Register, the National Physical Laboratory and the National Shipbuilding Office.
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How solid is the £8.3bn UK maritime-autonomy figure that Stehr Consulting produced?
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Researched the economic baseline underpinning the Lloyd's Register / NPL / NSO report
Autonomous Systems: Land & Sea: A £8.3bn number for the business caseBackground
Stehr Consulting is a research consultancy specialising in maritime and shipping-sector economic analysis, working on commission for industry bodies and government clients rather than operating vessels or technology of its own.
Its most visible work to date is the economic modelling behind the UK's first official maritime-autonomy sector baseline, published on 4 June 2026 by Lloyd's Register, the National Physical Laboratory and the National Shipbuilding Office. The report put current annual sector turnover at £600m and around 5,000 jobs, projecting growth to £3.7bn in gross value added by 2040 and £8.3bn by 2050, with a high-growth scenario reaching £26.5bn and 39,200 jobs.
Stehr's role was confined to the underlying analysis; the three commissioning bodies supplied institutional credibility and the report's public reach, a division of labour typical of sector-baseline studies where a specialist consultancy does the modelling and larger institutions carry the publication.
