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E-bulletin Archive: 2023

Republic of Korea

The 5th World Marine Aids to Navigation Day Celebration The Republic of Korea held a ceremony at the Hidden Bay Hotel in the beautiful port city of Yeosu, Jeollanam-do on […]

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Uruguay

Servicio de Illuminacion y Balizamiento Armada Nacional Maintenance of the Punta del Este Lighthouse The Punta del Este Lighthouse is located in Lat. 34° 58´08’’S Long. 054° 57′ 05”W, on […]

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Republic of Korea

Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries120 years of Palmido Lighthouse News has been received that Palmido Lighthouse, the first modern lighthouse of South Korea, had achieved its 120th anniversary with a […]

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Lebanon

Directorate General of Land and Maritime Transport Ministry of Transport and Public Works A contribution by Commander Afif Ghaith and Christian Fahed Lebanon is a small country located on the […]

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Albania

Navy Hydrographic Service A contribution by Lieutenant Kesjana Huda The Albanian Hydrographic Service was founded on 25 September 1957, as a requirement of the Naval Force for the hydro-naval safety […]

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Editorial

We look back at the success of our host Marinha do Brasil for the excellence of their performance in Rio three months ago.  Without doubt the twentieth IALA Conference was […]

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Singapore ENAV-VTS Workshop

As a part of Singapore Maritime Week 2023 which ran from 24 to 30 April, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore and the IALA World-Wide Academy conducted an insightful […]

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The 20th IALA Conference

The 20th IALA Conference recently concluded, left its mark as a momentous event in the maritime industry. Held every four years, the conference serves as a crucial platform for stakeholders […]

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GISMAN: FOR AN EVER SAFER SEA

GISMAN introduces a new range of smart led marine lanterns. An IALA Industrial Member since 1966, GISMAN is acknowledged as a respected designer and manufacturer of modular plastic navigational buoys […]

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Sternula: Launch of AIS Satellite

Successful launch of Sternula-1, world’s first commercial AIS 2.0 satellite On the morning of  3 January 2023, staff and guests of IALA Industrial Members Sternula, with representatives from academe and […]

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MSM: Lighthouse upgrade case study

The above IALA Industrial Member, otherwise known as MSM, reported towards the end of February that it had carried out a case study for upgrade of six lighthouses on the […]

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Estonia

NMIS – Software for Aids to Navigation management and operations in Estonia Total number of Aids to Navigation in Estonia is 1628, of them 323 (20%) being fixed AtoN and […]

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Colombia

As the Colombian Maritime Authority, the General Maritime Directorate – DIMAR, in compliance with rule 13 of chapter V of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, […]

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Germany

In Germany the Federal Waterways and Shipping Agency (WSV) is operating under the German Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport and is the Federal Authority legally responsible for the provision, […]

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Brazil

History records that on 1 January 1501, Portuguese navigator Gaspar de Lemos discovered Guanabara Bay. Indigenous peoples who inhabited the region called the place, in their Tupi-Guarani language, “Iguaá-Mbara” (iguaá […]

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Finland

Remote controlling AtoN lights The Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency (FTIA) manages approximately 25,500 visual aids to navigation (AtoNs) spread along around 16,200 kilometres of waterways that are under its authority […]

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