The 68 th session of the IALA Council met from 11 to 14th December at IALA Headquarters
The 68 th session of the IALA Council met from 11 to 14th December at IALA Headquarters, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France, under the presidency of Ms Young-shin Kim, Republic of Korea.
The full report is available for members to download on this page: https://www.iala.int/meetings/council-68/
The 8th Session of the ARM Committee was held at IALA Headquarters from 22 to 26 October 2018.
The session was attended by 64 participants from 28 countries, of which 44 were National Members, 3 were Industrial Members, 13 were Associate Members, 3 were observers. Seventeen participants attended for the first time. The following chart shows an analysis of participants.
The Committee commenced the work for the 2018-2022 work period, including the new role of the ARM Committee regarding operational aspects of Maritime Services which fits well with the overall strategy of IALA and the evolution of the maritime sector.
Working in three working groups, the Committee considered 98 input papers including presentations and produced 15 output documents including 1revised Academy model course, 10 liaison notes, 1 workshop proposal and 17 working papers. All Recommendations and Guidelines considered were aligned with the proposed seven Standards.
The Committee produced the following Model Course:
Draft Model Course L1.2 Master of AtoN Management Ed.1_20181024.
The Committee prepared the following workshop proposal:
Draft Cyber Security Workshop Proposal.
The eighth meeting of the ENG Committee (ENG8) was held from 15th to 19th October 2018 in IALA HQ.
The session was attended by 82 participants from 28 countries, of which 51 were National Members, 15 were Industrial Members, 16 were Associate Members. There were no observers. Seventeen participants attended for the first time. The following chart shows an analysis of the participation.
Working in three working groups, the Committee considered 90 input papers including presentations and produced 29 output documents including 6 revised Academy model courses, 2 draft Recommendations, 3 draft Guidelines, 4 workshop/seminar proposals and 17 working papers. All Recommendations and Guidelines considered were aligned with the proposed seven Standards.
The Committee produced the following Recommendations, Guidelines, Model Courses:
The Committee drafted the following proposals for workshops/ seminars:
The 22nd session of the ENAV Committee was held at IALA Headquarters from 8 to 12 October 2018.
117 Delegates from 25 countries, 4 sister organisations and 4 observers participated in ENAV22. This included 34 participants for the first time;
This was the first meeting for the 2018-2022 Work Programme and the ENAV Committee considered 93 input papers and produced 20 output papers of three Working Groups.
Key outputs included:
The completion of the following revised Guidelines:
The 45th Session of the VTS Committee was held at IALA Headquarters from 1 to 5 October 2018.
96 Delegates from 27 countries, 4 sister organisations and 1 observer participated in VTS45. This included 19 participants for the first time;
This was the first meeting for the 2018-2022 Work Programme and the VTS Committee considered 63 input papers and produced 16 output papers of three Working Groups.
Key outputs included:
The completion or revision of the following Recommendations and Guidelines:
A template description was drafted for a joint IALA, WMO and IHO submission to IMO on Maritime Services.
A reference document was completed for the IALA documentation related to VTS and will be available on the IALA website.
IALA members are encouraged to submit their proposals for the theme 2019 to the secretariat at secgen@iala-aism.org before November 1st 2018.
The objectives of the World Marine AtoN Day are the following:
For more information, please download the letter addressed to members here.
Pour plus d’information, merci de télécharger la lettre adressée aux membres ici.
Para más información, descargue la carta aquí.
The IALA Secretariat is looking forward to receiving your input!
In order to enhance the cooperation between the Saudi Ports Authority and IALA, His Excellency the President, Mr. Saad AlKhalb, invited the Secretary-General of IALA, Mr. Francis Zachariae for a meeting on Sunday 2 September 2018. Many essential topics were discussed like the urgent need for resilient position, navigation and timing and the support for IALA change of status into an Intergovernmental Organization (IGO). The Dean of the IALA World-Wide Academy, Mr. Omar Frits Eriksson, gave an update on the Academy work and future common projects were explored.
e-Navigation Underway (North America), a two-day conference, is scheduled for November 6-7 and will be hosted by California State University Maritime Academy at its campus in Vallejo, California.
Organized under the auspices of the International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities (IALA) the theme of the conference is e-Navigation: Opening the Door to the Future – Emerging technologies and their impact in the maritime industry.
Material presented will explore the development of e-navigation and will introduce significant changes affecting the maritime industry. The rate of change is accelerating and the effects on maritime operations and the workforce will be significant. In order to examine future competency requirements, the conference will focus on a spectrum of likely developments, from those on the calendar for 2019 to those perhaps 20+ years in the future.
The conference will provide a snapshot of the likely major e-navigation developments within a twenty-year planning horizon, and do so in sufficient detail to stimulate thought and planning about the nature of the future maritime workforce and the educational and training base needed to support it.
Visit www.e-navnorthamerica.org for more information. Register today!
A one-day IALA Seminar on VHF Data Exchange System (VDES) was held at the YourWorld Conference Centre in Yiwu city on Monday 16 July 2018. The Seminar was followed by a four-day meeting of the IALA Working Group on Communications, part of the ENAV Committee.
A one-day IALA Seminar on VHF Data Exchange System (VDES) was held at the YourWorld Conference Centre in Yiwu city on Monday 16 July. The Seminar was followed by a four-day meeting of the IALA Working Group on Communications, part of the ENAV Committee. The two events were hosted by China MSA and IALA, and sponsored by Zhe Jiang SIST Co., Ltd.
The Seminar was opened by Mr WANG Zelong, Deputy Director-General of MSA, Mr LI Dongfang, Vice-Mayor of Yiwu, and Mr Michael CARD, Deputy Secretary-General of IALA. The keynote speech was given by Mr YUAN Minhui, from the Beijing Institute of Space Science and Information Technology.
The Seminar highlighted developments in VDES, including the possible use of VDES to support position, navigation and timing (PNT) through VDES R-Mode. The seminar was a major success with more than 100 participants from China and abroad participating.
Following the Seminar, the Working Group on Communications met from the 17th to the 20th. An objective of the working group meeting included reviewing and improving the IALA Guideline 1139 to capture the technical description of VDES, with the expectation of updating a new draft version of this Guideline at the ENAV 22 Committee meeting in October.
VDES is a VHF digital communications system specifically designed for the Imaritime environment. VDES is expected to carry maritime safety information and other ship data information, with both terrestrial and space components. As a system, VDES includes and protects the existing AIS channels, which will remain unchanged, while adding extra channels for Application Specific Messages and for digital data transmission. A major driver for VDES is to reserve the AIS channels for safety of navigation, moving to other channels the increasing numbers of non-safety related messages now being imposed on the AIS frequencies.
On Friday 6th July 2018, IALA had the pleasure to receive the Vice-Admiral Antonio Fernando Garcez Faria from the Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation, National Member of IALA in Brazil for a courtesy visit. Mr Garcez and the IALA secretariat discussed their long standing collaboration and also the next IALA Conference scheduled for 2022.
In the picture from left to right: Michael Card, Deputy Secretary-General of IALA, Francis Zachariae, Secretary-General of IALA, Vice-Admiral Antonio Fernando Garcez Faria, Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation, Brazil, Omar Frits Eriksson, Dean of IALA WWA.
IALA Secretary-General Francis Zachariae formally concluded the 19th IALA Conference, held on the theme of “A New Era for Marine Aids to Navigation in a Connected World” in Incheon, Republic of Korea from 28 May to 2 June 2018, with a summary of the main outcomes relating to the latest developments in aids to navigation and vessel traffic services technology.
Click here for the Conference Summary, the major themes of which will inform IALA’s technical work in the coming years.
In addition, an important legacy of the Conference is the Incheon Declaration, an initiative of the Korean Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries and supported by the IALA motto “Safe Voyages, Sustainable Planet”. The first-ever World Lighthouse Heritage Exhibition was successfully staged alongside the Conference and the Industrial Members Exhibition.
Click here for the Incheon Declaration on Lighthouses as Cultural Heritage, which sets out a vision for the conservation and sustainable management of historical lighthouses as cultural heritage.
At the General Assembly of the Industrial Members held on 31st May 2018 during the 19th IALA Conference in Incheon, Republic of Korea, the new Industrial Members Committee was elected for the next 4 years.
The Committee consists of – from left to right:
Europe/Africa Representative, Mr Lars Mansner, Sabik, Member at Large, Mr John Sugarman, Australian Maritime Systems, Country of the next Conference: Mr Marcel Tetu, Arbo Plasticos, Americas Representative, Mr Clive W Quickenden, Tideland Signal Corporation (represented by Mr Alfredo Dominguez), Member at Large, Mr Chris Procter, Sealite Pty Ltd, and Asian/Oceania Representative, Mr Noboru Maruoka, Zeni Lite Buoy Co., Ltd.
Congratulations IMC!
