Northern Lighthouse Board

Electronic Navigation

The General Lighthouse Authorities (GLAs’) marine aids to navigation policy is for a balanced mix of physical and radio AtoNs that meet the UK’s and Ireland’s responsibilities as Contracting Governments to the IMO’s SOLAS Convention.

In 2011 the GLAs’ published 2025 & Beyond, their marine aids to navigation strategy for the British Isles between 2010 and 2025, which outlines, with the introduction of eNavigation, the increased reliance on radio aids in the AtoN mix.

DGPS

The DGPS is a network of 14 ground-based reference stations providing transmissions with coverage of at least 50 nautical miles around the coasts of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland....More

AIS

The Northern Lighthouse Board are committed to exploring the potential of AIS as an Aid to Navigation (AtoN), and a component of the IMO e-Navigation initiative....More

eLoran

Loran uses low frequency terrestrial transmissions and provides another source of navigation information should satellite navigation systems be unavailable....More

Racons

NLB currently provides 27 RACONS around our estate on both lighthouses and buoys....More

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