Maritime Hydrographic Directorate

Activity of the Maritime Signalling Section

The Maritime Signalling Section is responsible for:

• providing navigational lighthouse support along the Romanian coast;
• maintaining maritime signalling equipment along the coast;
• providing maritime buoyage;
• compensating the following types of navigation equipment: magnetic compass, gyrocompass, log, echo sounder, and boat compass.

Navigational support along the Romanian coast

Navigational support along the Romanian coast is provided by:

• seven landfall lighthouses at Mangalia, Tuzla, Constanța, Midia, Gura Portiței, Sfântu Gheorghe and Sulina;
• three groups of harbour lights at Mangalia, Constanța and Midia;
• five fog signals (nautophones) at Mangalia, Tuzla, Constanța, Midia and Sulina.

Activity photos