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 to gather, exchange knowledge, and discuss advancements in marine navigation, and the protection of the environment. A forum of collaboration The IALA Conference brought together […]
We are very excited about the upcoming 20th IALA conference to be held in Brazil between 27 May and 3 June 2023 and we would like to remind you about the extend of what you can expect at this event. To begin with, all of the information you need can be found on the dedicated […]
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 since the early 1990s. At the 20TH IALA Conference, GISMAN will present its new range of smart LED lanterns available with associated monitoring and maintenance […]
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 industry* gathered at the company’s headquarters in central Aalborg to make contact with the Sternula-1 satellite shortly after its launch by a SpaceX Falcon 9 […]
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 Malaga Coast of Spain. The Malaga coast has six emblematic lighthouses, whose equipment has just been renewed by MSM to adapt them to their current […]
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 1305 (80%) floating AtoN. 55 (17%) of our fixed AtoNs are lighthouses. 49% of the AtoNs are managed by the Estonian Transport Administration (ETA), the […]
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, 1974 SOLAS and following recommendations of the IALA International guideline on daytime visual markings, permanently updates its aids to navigation, contributing to national maritime safety. […]
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, maintenance and operation of Marine Aids to Navigation in German coastal waters, the EEZ and the inland waterways. With regard to the Marine Aids to […]
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 = creek of the river, and mbará = sea), or “guana” (breast) bara (sea), “breast of the sea”, in allusion to its rounded shape, and […]
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 and located in Finnish sea and lake areas. There are approximately 7,700 fixed and 17,800 floating AtoNs. Approximately 4,300 of the AtoNs are lighted. Waterway […]
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 reliable aids to navigations (AtoN). One striking result of this development is that it has reduced the number of buoy tenders operated by DMA from […]
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 buoys. General maintenance is carried out through an outsourced contract, with major repairs, renewals and technology enhancements delivered through AMSA’s Capital Works Programme. AMSA has […]
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 our 20th Conference to exercise the theme Marine Aids to Navigation – Innovation for a Sustainable Future. The third Conference announcement has now been issued […]
