e-Bulletin Archive - IALA WWA Academy

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Expanded National Lighthouse Museum of Korea

1 July Public Re-opening The Republic of Korea’s Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries announced that the National Lighthouse Museum will re-open to the public on 1 July following a four-year, […]

Liberia rejoins IALA

Liberia, as one of the world’s leading maritime nations in terms of the umber and tonnage of ships on the Liberian shipping register, says it will not remain on the […]

Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore

Recognising the need to enhance safety of navigation by improving the conspicuity of aids to navigation (AtoN) against strong background lighting, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) in […]

NLB – Project Work – Cape Wrath

One of my recent projects was the refurbishment and upgrade of Cape Wrath Lighthouse. This was an interesting project because it was not just about upgrading the optic, we were […]

Danish Maritime Administration

History – beacon/lighthouses The aids to navigation history of Greenland is very young compared with the lighthouse history of Denmark. The Danish Lighthouse Service was established in 1560. Before the […]

June 21, 2022

Council75

The 75th session of the IALA Council was successfully held at the Radisson Royal Collection Hotel in Copenhagen, Denmark from 30 May to 3 June 2022. This was the first face […]

Message from the Secretary-General

Since the last e-Bulletin I was able to represent IALA at Singapore Maritime Week from 4 to 8 April. This was a splendid gathering at which many useful exchanges were […]

March 14, 2022

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Commissioners of Irish Lights

Irish Lights and Met Éireann have announced a joint collaboration to enhance understanding of Irish Coastal Waters, with the aim of improving safety for coastal inhabitants and mariners. Safety of […]

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