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News from Industrial Members
MSM (Mediterráneo Señales Marítimas) 15th anniversary event IALA Industrial Member MSM has achieved major milestones over the past fifteen years and the company’s team will be celebrating this anniversary in […]
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News from National Members
France Courdouan Lighthouse On 24 July five sites in the Arab and Europe regions were inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. One such was the Lighthouse of Cordouan at the […]
Activities
Workshop on Enhanced Radar Positioning System
Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), such as GPS, Galileo, GLONASS, BeiDou, etc., are universally used for maritime navigation. However, GNSS have well known vulnerabilities, including jamming, that can interrupt positioning […]
Activities
Evolution of the ATO’s during Covid19 Pandemic
It cannot be denied that 2020 was a year characterized by changes, adaptations and reconsiderations of certain life and working scheme which seemed already established. However, once again, reality gave […]
Editorial
Message from the Secretary-General
We were sorry to learn of the death on 14 August of Mme Christiane Ville, former head of administration at IALA. This was sad news for she was instrumental in […]
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Obituary Christiane Ville
It is with great sadness that we report the death of Christiane Ville, IALA Honorary Member, on 14 August at the age of 89. She was only 19 when she […]
Activities
Seminar on Marine Aids to Navigation in the Autonomous World
The rapid development of autonomous technologies has led to the planning or completion of numerous projects, studies and tests of maritime autonomous surface ships (otherwise known as MASS) around the […]
Activities
Workshop on Marine Aids to Navigation in the Autonomous World
The workshop under the chairmanship of Commander Hideki Noguchi (Japan Coast Guard) was well attended with 109 participants from 29 countries. Participants considered 12 presentations and the results of the […]
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Progress with IALA’s change of status
Since January this year diplomatic representatives of a growing number of States have signed the Convention in Paris and we anticipate many other States will follow as signatories. In order […]
Activities
World Marine Aids to Navigation Day 1 July 2021
As with past years World Marine Aids to Navigation Day was celebrated by the organisation and its Members around the world and it was a pleasure to see the IALA […]
News
Australia’s ‘shining’ eastern jewel – Cape Byron Lighthouse
Australia’s Cape Byron Lighthouse stands as an iconic aid to navigation and is steeped in rich local, state and national history. As the 2021 IALA Heritage Lighthouse of the Year, […]