Alan, the steady hand

Forty years at sea and around it. Scottish grit, shipboard manners. Alan’s the bloke who can read a swell, a schedule, and a boardroom in the same glance. Former maritime executive turned supply-chain whisperer, he’s walked the quay, sat the bridge, and signed the papers that make steel move. Seafarer first, always.

He’s the shoulder, the one you lean on when the clock says 03:00 and the world’s gone sideways. Considerate, careful, quietly relentless. He knows that behind every bill of lading there’s a family waiting on a call, and behind every delay there’s a human paying the price.

Alan and Andrew met in the hard light of the pandemic—two names on a glitchy call, then on the tarmac. Repatriation, fast. They pulled strings and flight plans, partnering with private aviation to get crews home when borders said no. Manifests, charter slots, midnight clearances—no fuss, just results. That’s Alan: fewer speeches, more boarding passes.

Now he works the lanes between ships and shore, bringing shipping lines into the story instead of keeping them outside it. He opens doors that stay shut for most—operations, welfare, comms, so the truth gets told and the crew gets heard. He knows which captains will move mountains and which terminals just need the right nudge.

As a NEUROS ambassador, Alan keeps the brief simple: heroes are the seafarers; our job is connection. Tell the story straight. Cut the noise. Get the line through—so messages land, families breathe, and the ship makes its tide. Classy kit, no circus. A trusted voice in a loud world.