Navigating to 2050
A safe and sustainable maritime future Safety and sustainability are central to the maritime sector in Ireland and internationally. That is according to CEO Yvonne Shields O’Connor who said Irish […]
A safe and sustainable maritime future Safety and sustainability are central to the maritime sector in Ireland and internationally. That is according to CEO Yvonne Shields O’Connor who said Irish […]
Welcome to the December edition of the IALA e-Bulletin which is now undoubtedly established as our regular news medium and which I hope you will continue to support. Conference The […]
Qualifications for a Technical Inspector of Construction Works By Commander (CG) Ricardo Cárcamo Pascual, Head of Maritime Signalling Service, Chilean Navy After five years of study, the Coastal Officer of […]
Through the good offices of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on 27 November we learnt that the Service was due to install four aids to navigation, specifically navigational lanterns, in […]
The Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB), the General Lighthouse Authority for Scotland and the Isle of Man announced on 12 December the Award of a £51.8 million contract to Spanish shipyard […]
It was reported from San Juan, Puerto Rico, on 18 October that the US Coast Guard Cutter Willow completed its scheduled aids to navigation service mission around Puerto Rico port […]
Arabian Maritime and Navigation Aids Services On 17 November, AMNAS received Rear Admiral Luiji Sinapi, Director of the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) (pictured here third from right), Mrs. Gerardine Delanoye […]
Several IALA members have recently had discussions and formed “The Open Digital Incubator Initiative” (ODI) which is a non-profit, collaborative, open-source initiative, aimed at facilitating harmonization of maritime digital technical […]
The 76th session of the Council meeting was held from 12 to 16 December 2022 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and by video conference. 32 new documents (recommendations, guidelines, and […]
Irish Lights announced that it will host Navigating to 2050, a safe and sustainable maritime future on 15 and 16 November 2022 in Dublin Castle, Ireland. This two-day hybrid conference […]
Welcome to the September edition of the IALA e-Bulletin which is now established as our regular news medium. I am pleased to tell you that the first announcement is now […]
Members of IALA will wish to be aware that the Secretariat has addressed the matter of the war in Ukraine and the resultant loss of life and infrastructure as well […]
The St Tudwal’s Islands are a small archipelago about a kilometre east of the southern tip of the Llŷn Peninsula in North Wales. St Tudwal’s West measures just 650 metres […]
World Marine Aids to Navigation Day To celebrate the fourth World Marine AtoN Day, CHINA MSA displayed the achievements of marine aids to navigation over the past decade. On 1 […]
A new Lighthouse at Dhanushkodi has been established to fulfil the long-standing demand of the local fishermen and also to enjoy the aerial scenic beauty of Dhanushkodi, for tourists visiting […]
It was reported on 30 August that US Coast Guard Sector San Juan’s Aids to Navigation Team had completed a rebuild project for the Current Rock and Steven Cay navigation […]
The fourth World Marine Aids to Navigation Day events were held in Pohang, Republic of Korea 1 on July 2022. Pohang is home to Homigot Lighthouse, IALA Heritage Lighthouse of […]
A prestigious international accolade was celebrated at Australia’s Byron Bay’s Cape Byron Lighthouse on 12 April 2022, after the iconic tower was named the 2021 Heritage Lighthouse of the Year […]
Since 1981, Mawani represents the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in IALA as a national member, to ensure the implementation such specifications, recommendations and standards along with related updates, which would […]
Hibernating Aids to Navigation – A use case in navigationally seasonal waterways The US Coast Guard will install three lighted Physical AIS Aids to Navigation (AtoN) in Port Moller Alaska […]