Message from the Secretary-General
Welcome to another edition of the IALA e-Bulletin. Council 03; a grand event As I write we in the IALA Secretariat have recently returned from a highly successful Council 03 […]
Reef VTS – 21 Years of Safer Navigation through interaction with vessel traffic
Introduction The Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait comprise a complex network of islands and coral reefs extending over three thousand kilometres along the east coast of Australia. The environmental […]
A Star is born
On Tuesday 11 November 2025, Pole Star, the Northern Lighthouse Board’s new vessel left the shipyard at Gondán Shipbuilders and set sail for Gijón to begin sea trials. This was […]
Upgrade of lighting system, Punta Brava Lighthouse, Santa Maria Lighthouse
On 1 December it was reported that SERBA (the Lighting and Buoyage Service of the National Navy of Uruguay) had renewed the light source of two historic lighthouses: Cape Santa […]
2025 Korea Maritime Week: Direction for Maritime Digitalization and Decarbonization
The 2025 Korea Maritime Week was held in Seoul from 20 to 23 October under the theme The Beginning of Transition: New Opportunity, New Ocean. The event brought together leaders […]
Delivery of AtoN Manager Training – VTS Operator Training – Renewal of China MSA – IALA MoU
From 21 to 27 September, the IALA World-Wide Academy (WWA) actively contributed to several training activities in Wenzhou and Shanghai, supporting China Maritime Safety Administration (China MSA) in fostering international […]
Teaching IALA Model Course 1.3 Use of the IALA Risk Management Tools
As part of the official programme of IALA Model Course 1.3 – Use of the IALA Risk Management Tools course held from 23 to 26 June 2025 at the Portuguese […]
World Marine Aids to Navigation Day 2025: London and Harwich
Trinity House, the Northern Lighthouse Board and the UK Department for Transport were delighted to host IALA’s World Marine Aids to Navigation Day in London for 2025 On 1 July […]
Singapore International Safety@ Sea Week 2025
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) organised the twelfth Safety@Sea Week, with this year’s event being the international edition taking place from 15 to 18 July. Promotion of […]
IALA Workshop on Sustainability in Aids to Navigation Provision
6–10 October 2025 | Dublin, Ireland https://www.iala.int/product/workshop-on-sustainability-in-aton-provision/ The International Organisation for Marine Aids to Navigation (IALA), in collaboration with Irish Lights, will host the Workshop on Sustainability in Aids to […]
Delivering the first IALA Level 2 Accredited Training in the Middle East Region
Empowering a new generation of navigation safety experts across the Gulf The Middle East Navigation Aids Service (MENAS) has successfully delivered the first fully accredited IALA Level 2 training course […]
Coquet optic review
Coquet is an island that lies just one mile off the Northumberland coast (NE England) and a short boat ride away from the fishing port of Amble. The current lighthouse, […]
Open Service Navigation Message Authentication (OSNMA)
Protection against GNSS interference The recently launched Galileo OSNMA, a data authentication function, provides more robust Position, Velocity and Time information to Galileo Open Service users. This has been made […]
Message from the Secretary-General
I write in the aftermath of the highly successful World Marine Aids to Navigation Day when our community commemorated this important date in the calendar. By this event we promote […]
Canadian Coast Guard – New tonnage
In 2019 Irving Shipbuilding Inc. from Halifax, Nova Scotia, was awarded the engineering design review contract for the Canadian Coast Guard’s Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships (AOPS). The plan is […]
Message from the Secretary-General
I write within days of returning from the highly successful Council 02 held in Nice from 9 to 13 June, at the same time as the United Nations Ocean Conference […]
Advancing Maritime Digitalization: The Development of the IALA S-200 Product Specification Series
Developing the S-200 series of product specifications continues to be a key focus of IALA’s technical work, which is closely aligned with the IMO’s Common Maritime Data Structure (CMDS) and […]
VTS57 Launches Global Questionnaire on Operator Competencies
As part of the outcomes from the 57th session of the VTS Committee (March 2025), IALA has launched a questionnaire aimed at identifying the aptitudes and behaviours demonstrated by successful […]
IALA Council 02, Nice, France
The 2nd Session of the IALA Council was held from 9 to 13 June 2025 in Nice, France, alongside the United Nations Ocean Conference. The session opened with remarks from […]
Althorpe Island Lighthouse commemoration
Earlier this year Althorpe Island Lighthouse celebrated 146 years of guiding ships around the Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, ensuring safe passage. The lighthouse was first lit on 14 February 1879 […]