David Squire News

For twelve years the International Maritime Human Element Bulletin Alert! has been regularly published, its mission being to raise awareness of human element issues. Ship designers, builders, managers and operators have all been given plenty to think about around the way that people and ships require harmonious integration if the former is to get the most out of the latter. Forty issues after the first Alert!, the publication, sponsored by the Lloyd’s Register Foundation and published by the Nautical Institute, has reached its final issue and its natural conclusion. There is a splendid archive of useful knowledge which will remain available and will be maintained on the website, to hopefully influence everyone involved in the industry today and in the future.

Lloyd’s Register is sponsoring a ‘human element awareness’ initiative, to be run by The Nautical Institute. The initiative is expected to run for three years and will aim to raise awareness in the maritime industry about how the human element fits into the design and operation of ships and shipboard equipment. The initiative will bring together knowledge from interdisciplinary sources in the maritime human element field and disseminate it through the publication of a quarterly newsletter, entitled Alert!, and a corresponding web site. The publication, edited by David Squire of The Nautical Institute, will cover a wide variety of professional interests…