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E-bulletin Archive: 2023

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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Denmark

Greatly supported by the excellent cooperation within IALA, the Danish Maritime Authority (DMA) strives to develop and implement new methods and components in order to create increasingly more cost-effective and […]

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Australia

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) Aids to Navigation (AtoN) network comprises of 484 AtoNs at 385 sites Australia-wide. The structures vary from stainless steel towers and heritage lighthouses to […]

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Editorial

Welcome to this new edition of the IALA e-Bulletin. This will be the last edition published before we meet in Rio de Janeiro from 27 May to 3 June, at […]

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