e-Bulletin Archive - IALA WWA Academy

December 20, 2022

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 […]

December 20, 2022

Message from the Secretary-General

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 […]

December 20, 2022

Chilean Navy Maritime Signalling Service

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 […]

December 20, 2022

The Philippine Coast Guard

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 […]

December 20, 2022

Northern Lighthouse Board – New service craft

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 […]

December 20, 2022

Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands Public Affairs

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 […]

December 20, 2022

Sultanate of Oman – Arabian Maritime and Navigation Aids Services

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 […]

December 20, 2022

Open Digital Incubator Initiative

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 […]

December 20, 2022

Council 76

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 […]

September 16, 2022

Navigating to 2050, a safe and sustainable maritime future

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 […]

September 16, 2022

Message from the Secretary-General

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 […]

September 16, 2022

IALA and Ukraine

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 […]

September 16, 2022

St Tudwal’s Lighthouse modernisation

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 […]

September 16, 2022

Marine aids to navigation development in China 2022

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 […]

September 16, 2022

Dhanushkodi Lighthouse

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 […]

September 15, 2022

US Virgin Islands – USCG aids to navigation rebuild

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 […]

September 15, 2022

Commemorating the 2022 World Marine Aids to Navigation Day in the Republic of Korea

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 […]

June 23, 2022

Australia’s Cape Byron Lighthouse named Heritage Lighthouse of the Year 2021

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 […]

June 22, 2022

Mawani and IALA Discuss Technical Cooperation in Saudi Ports

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 […]

June 22, 2022

United States Coast Guard

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 […]

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