Northern Lighthouse Board

Press Releases

July 2008	HRH The Princess Royal Visits West Coast Lighthouse
April 2008	General Lighthouse Authorities welcome the European eLoran Forum’s document on securing positioning, navigation and timing for Europe’s future. eLoran - Securing Positioning, Navigation and Timing for Europe's Future
March 2008	Vessel navigates through the use of Galileo-type signals for the first time – Trials take place in Oban, West Coast of Scotland
February 2008	General Lighthouse Authorities applaud US eLoran decision
February 2008	Northern Lighthouse Board Appointment of Director of Marine Operations
August 2007	Royal visit marks 200 years since work began on building Bell Rock Lighthouse
July 2007	Tod Head Lighthouse Permanently Discontinued
July 2007	Killantringan Lighthouse Permanently Discontinued
May 2007	Enhancing safety and protection of the marine environment: The General Lighthouse Authorities award a 15-year eLoran contract to VT Communications
May 2007	Taking ownership of the future: the General Lighthouse Authorities launch their Radio Navigation Plan Radio Navigation Plan
May 2007	Royal Commissioning of new ship of NLV PHAROS in Leith, Edinburgh
April 2007	Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses Appointment of New Chairman
March 2007	Northern Lighthouse Board Welcomes New Ship into Oban
August 2006	Rubha Cadail Lighthouse Handover
August 2006	Northern Lighthouse Board ship PHAROS to call at Stromness for last time
August 2006	PHAROS to depart Northern Lighthouse Board service
May 2006	Appointment of new Chief Executive image1, image2, image3
May 2006	The General Lighthouse Authorities’ Case for eLoran
February 2006	Barns Ness Lighthouse, Dunbar, East Lothian
February 2006	Northern Lighthouse Board New Ship Launch - Photographs for Downloading
February 2006	NORTHERN LIGHTHOUSE BOARD NEW SHIP LAUNCH
December 2005	Sri Lanka Aid to Navigation Relief Project
October 2005	Fog Horn - Sounding Out
August 2005	Northern Lighthouse Board guards sunken vessel in North Sea
July 2005	CONCLUSIONS OF AIDS TO NAVIGATION REVIEW ANNOUNCED BY NORTHERN LIGHTHOUSE BOARD. Download: Aton Review
July 2005	HRH The Princess Royal visits Skye and West Coast Lighthouses
July 2005	Northern Lighthouse Board leases premises at Scalloway
July 2005	Royal Maritime Day - 20 July 2005 - Firth of Forth
June 2005	MV PHAROS heads for South for inspection at International Fleet Review
May 2005	General Lighthouse Authorities announces UK Loran-C Trials
March 2005	Northern Lighthouse Board announce name for new Ship
January 2005	Helicopter Incident
January 2005	GENERAL LIGHTHOUSE AUTHORITIES AIDS TO NAVIGATION REVIEW 2005
November 2004	TRINITY HOUSE AND NORTHERN LIGHTHOUSE BOARD ANNOUNCE NEW SHIP ORDERS
October 2004	GLAs LOOK TO THE YEAR 2020 AND THE FUTURE OF MARINE SAFETY
September 2004	Mull of Galloway
March 2004	Northern Lighthouse Board & Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
February 2004	Balta Sound
January 2004	General Lighthouse Authorities Appoint Burness Corlett and Partners to Supervise Construction of New Ships
January 2004	Achievement of ISO9001:2000
January 2004	Helicopter Inquiry
June 2003	MV Pharos Marks Wreck of Jambo
June 2003	Duncansby Head Lighthouse
March 2003	Stromness Depot
January 2003	Commissioners of Irish Lights Ship in Scottish Waters
January 2003	Northern Lighthouse Board meet with Orkney Island Council on Future use of Stromness Base
December 2002	Northern Lighthouse Board to Withdraw from Stromness Base
April 2002	Moderator visits Lighthouse Base in Oban
January 2002	Lighting the Way to Quality
December 2001	Official Opening of modernised lighthouse Depot in Oban
September 2001	Establishment of New Light in Yell Sound - Rumble Rock
August 2001	Appointment
July 2001	New Chairman of The Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses visits Lighthouse Depot - Oban
June 2001	New Chairman of The Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses visits Lighthouse Depot - Stromness
February 2001	190 Years of Light
February 2001	Vandalism of Aid to Navigation
January 2001	£3.2m Modernisation of Northern Lighthouse Board's Depot in Oban

Northern Lighthouse Board Appointment of Director of Marine Operations