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E-bulletin Archive: 2021

Members News – Almarin

Port of Seville: the origin and evolution of navigation buoys The first navigation buoy registered worldwide was a wooden floating barrel moored with a weight, marking the sand banks of […]

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Members News – MSM

Mediterráneo Señales Marítimas In September MSM celebrated 15 years dedicated to the innovation and development of marine aids to navigation, a progress begun in 2006 and which has grown step […]

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Members News – South Africa

On the occasion of September’s Heritage Month in South Africa David Gordon,Executive Manager, Lighthouse and Navigational Systems and IALA Councillor, produced an excellent article in Africa Ports & Ships (www.africaports.co.za […]

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Members News – Australia

Reef VTS Split Between Townsville and Gladstone. Background In June 2014, the Reef VTS Management Group agreed that the Reef VTS operations be split. The agreement recognised that: In comparison […]

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Members News – China MSA

People’s Republic of China Maritime Safety Administration The Shanghai North Bund Forum On 3 to 5 November the First Shanghai North Bund Forum was held in the city, a pillar […]

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Members News – GLA – UK

The General Lighthouse Authorities of the United Kingdom and Ireland1 Head of R&D appointment We learn early that the General Lighthouse Authorities of the United Kingdom and Ireland (GLA) have […]

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Members News – DIMAR Colombia

In September the Secretary General sent a message of congratulation and goodwill to Vicealmirante José Joaquín Amézquita García, Director General Marítimo, es la Autoridad Maritima Colombiana, the General Maritime Directorate, […]

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Message from the Secretary-General

I am pleased to report that Virtual Committee meetings in the second half of the year were held from 16 September to 2 November taking account of a broad range […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Letter from Sabik Marine & Sealite

Dear IALA Industry Colleagues, We are proud to announce that SPX Corporation has recently acquired Sealite Pty Ltd and affiliated businesses Avlite Systems and Star2M. These businesses have now become […]

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Message from the S-G

As I write preparations are being made around the world by our international membership to celebrate the World Marine Aids to Navigation Day (WAtoN Day) which falls on 1 July […]

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