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The annual IALA Day this year took place at the headquarters of the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) in Monaco. The IHO Secretary-General, Dr Mathias Jonas, warmly welcomed the entire IALA home team including the World-Wide Academy Dean and staff on 6 September. He referred to the IHO and IALA being natural allies, praising their complementary […]
News
We will be saying goodbye to four long-serving members of the Secretariat team at the end of the year: Michael Card, Deputy Secretary-General, Stephen Bennett, WWA Vice Dean, Seamus Doyle and Wim van der Heijden, Committee Secretaries. All will complete their contracts on 31 December 2018. We will be engaging two new full-time employees who […]
News
Since the 19th IALA Conference was held in Incheon, Republic of Korea (28 May-2 June 2018), the IALA website has been substantially reorganized in order to provide a more user friendly interface. Participants in committee meetings can now access Meeting Documents directly from the top menu. Direct access to all the IALA Guidance Documents is […]
Editorial
Following the traditional August holiday season in France, the IALA home team is in top gear to serve this year’ series of committee meetings at our Saint-Germain-en-Laye headquarters. The four technical committees will each meet one week in quick succession throughout October – commencing with VTS45 and ENAV22, ENG8 and ARM8 following in this order. […]
Activities
The first “Level 1” AtoN manager course in India was delivered by the Marine Navigation Training Institute (MNTI) based in Kolkata from 23rd July to 17th August 2018 using expert lecturers including the six IALA World-Wide Academy Alumni who had gained international certificates of competency as Level 1 managers at other ATOs in 2015 and […]
Activities
The Vice Dean of the IALA World-Wide Academy delivered a course on the use of the “SIRA” risk management tool in the Pacific Community (SPC) Offices, Suva, Fiji on 27 – 28 June 2018. It was attended by seventeen participants from the Competent Authorities or Ports from the following Island coastal States: Cook Islands; Federated […]