The Navigator - Issue 10: Aids to Navigation
Aids to navigation, from physical buoys to virtual markers, are the main focus of the latest edition of the free, award-winning magazine, The Navigator, from The Nautical Institute.
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Aids to navigation explored in Issue 10 of The Navigator
1.10.15
Aids to navigation, from physical buoys to virtual markers, are the main focus of the latest edition of the free, award-winning magazine, The Navigator, from The Nautical Institute.
The October 2015 issue includes an article exploring the latest innovations in the field of visual aids to navigation, as well as a study of the pros and cons of their virtual counterparts. The magazine also includes regular features such as analysis of a recent accident, readers' letters and an interview with a serving maritime officer.
Editor of The Navigator, Emma Ward, said: "Aids to navigation have developed unrecognisably from the very first lighthouses and marks made in shallow waters of centuries ago. Now, navigators can take advantage of the latest advances in LEDs, satellites and intelligent technology. The waters are getting safer and safer with every innovation, allowing navigators to do their jobs with far greater confidence than ever before."
David Patraiko, Director of Projects for The Nautical Institute, added: "Navigators will increasingly see changes in the appearance and performance of physical aids to navigation. For example, they are increasingly being fitted with sensors that can detect and transmit the flow rate of wind and water. Then, there is the range of virtual aids under development and being used by a number of administrations around the world. We felt it was important to examine this growing range of options in detail in this issue of The Navigator."
Issue 10 also marks the launch of NavInspire, the exclusive online blog from The Nautical Institute. NavInspire will provide readers with additional content in between issues, reinforcing The Navigator’s mission to ‘inspire professionalism in marine navigators’. Supported by the Twitter hashtag #NavInspire, The Nautical Institute has listened to the demand for more. NavInspire can be found at: http://www.nautinst.org/NavInspire
The Nautical Institute launched its Navigator Distributor scheme last year, encouraging a wider, global distribution of the free, 12-page magazine to as many professional marine navigators as possible. Anyone interested in finding out how their organisation can take part in the scheme should visit http://www.nautinst.org/thenavigator
The Navigator is produced by The Nautical Institute with support from the Royal Institute of Navigation. It is available free in printed format or as a pdf, digital magazine or App on The Nautical Institute website. The magazine was named winner of the Investment in People Award at the 2015 Seatrade Awards in May.
Printed copies are currently distributed alongside The Nautical Institute's membership magazine, Seaways, by companies and through missions and maritime training establishments.
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For more information please contact Bridget Hogan, Director of Publishing and Marketing, The Nautical Institute + 44 (0)20 7928 1351, [email protected]
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