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, $20 million expansion and renovation programme. Lighthouse enthusiasts will find twice the current exhibition space, educational space, an indoor playground for kids, coffee bar, museum […]
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 periphery of the international maritime organisations. That was the word from Maritime Commissioner Lenn Eugene Nagbe, who said there is a need for the country […]
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 a public-private partnership with Zeni Lite Buoy Co., explored the use of Dual Intensity Lanterns (DILs) along the approaches to the Singapore’s terminals where there […]
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 also looking at the welfare facilities and how we keep those in a habitable condition at a station that does not have mains power. LocationCape […]
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 Second World War only two lighthouses were operational in Greenland: Satut and Smukke Ø. A few years after the war plans regarding growth and development […]
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 to face meeting of the Council since the outbreak of the Covid19 pandemic in 2020. All councilors were in attendance, including three who attended remotely. […]
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 facilitated across a broad spectrum of the international and Far Eastern maritime communities. I am most grateful to our hosts the Maritime & Port Authority […]
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 the mariner and the public has been at the heart of Irish Lights and Met Éireann since their establishment over 235 and 85 years ago […]
20 years of EMSA Since its foundation in 2002, EMSA has been at the side of the European Commission and the Member States carrying out an ever-increasing set of tasks. 20 years on, its role and mission remain as vital as ever. Founded in 2002 in response to the Erika and Prestige disasters, EMSA’s mission […]
It was announced on 8 February that the Middle East Navigation Aids Service (MENAS), which is part of the IFAN Group, had been commended by IALA for its delivery of the IALA Level 2 Aids to Navigation (AtoN) Technician Training course. The news comes following MENAS being awarded an Accredited Training Organisation (ATO) award in […]
Steve Keddie Head of Engineering informs us: The year of 2021 promised so much following on from the uncertainties and challenges of 2020. We hoped to rid ourselves of the pandemic, catch up on the maintenance that could not be done during the restrictions and press forward with our improvement plans. Unfortunately 2021 was not […]
GEOCUBA Estudios Marinos (GEOEM), is a company of the GEOCUBA Entrepreneurial Group specialized in Aids to Maritime Navigation, marine research for engineering projects, nautical cartography, hydrography, oceanography, geology and marine geophysics and various environmental studies of the marine environment. It was created in 1995 by Decree-Law No. 179 of the Council of State, inheriting a […]
Introducing Cameroon A Member since 1961, Cameroon is represented at IALA by Port Autonome de Douala as the National member. It was joined by the Autorité Portuaire Nationale in 2004 and the Port Autonome de Kribi in 2020 as Associate Members. Cameroon has been active in the General Assemblies and its representatives attend the ENG […]
On 26 January we reached a high point of the year since the first signing ceremony of the Convention on the International Organization for Marine Aids to Navigation which took place on 27 January 2021. To commemorate this anniversary we held a ceremony to mark the end of the one-year signature period. Until the date […]
