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PIANC UK

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Autumn 2010 A message from the PIANC UK Chairman Welcome to the Autumn 2010 issue of the PIANC UK Newsletter. You will have noticed that there has been a substantial gap between the last “Special” PIANC MMX newsletter earlier this year and this edition This has been due to the huge effort which has been put in by the PIANC UK Committee in organising the hugely successful PIANC MMX Congress in Liverpool in May of this year. All of this work is carried out on a voluntary basis and the positive feedback received from around the world is a tribute to all those involved in the planning and management of the event. We were fortunate to have a very professional Event Organiser, Mills Media, on board to provide the detailed planning and logistics which were required for the success of the Congress. As a result we are only now getting back to normal in PIANC and can again address the day to day running of the PIANC UK events. We are currently operating in a severe economic climate. Earlier this year the ICE announced the effective doubling of charges made to PIANC for the use of the ICE facilities for 2010. Those of you who are also members of ICE may have seen the lively exchanges in the letters section of NCE. At the same time PIANC and the other Associated Societies were engaged in active discussions with the ICE, which has resulted in the charges for all Associated Societies being maintained at 2009 rates for this year, with a review in 2011. In September this year, Colin Morris, Head of the Ports Division at Department for Transport wrote to advised us that “in the context of the spending constraints faced by this Department, and Government generally, the UK Government will no longer be providing support to PIANC beyond the end of this financial year, ie 31 March 2011”. This means that the UK Government will no longer be a formal voting member of PIANC International, after 100+years of membership! The PIANC UK Committee is considering the implications for UK members but rest assured there will continue to be a UK Section and we will continue to support the aims of the PIANC International mission statement to provide expert guidance and technical advice by:

o Bringing together the best international experts, both public and private, on technical, economic and environmental issues pertaining to waterborne transport infrastructure

o Producing high-quality technical reports and briefs o Supporting the PIANC International commissions and working groups

In this regard we are already organising next years events, which will include technical seminars at the ICE and elsewhere in conjunction with other relevant organisations, hosting international working group meetings in UK and making visits to major maritime projects of interest where possible.

PIANC UK Newsletter - Autumn 2010

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We are always grateful for your help and support in organising, presenting and attending these events and are pleased to receive your ideas and suggestions for future events. I hope to see you all at the ICE on Friday 26th November when we will be holding our formal AGM followed by a technical seminar reporting back on the current activities of the PIANC International Working Groups, who will be publishing some major new guidelines in 2011. This will be followed by the Sir William Harris Lecture — “Genesis of the Queens: Cunard Great Liners” presented by Stephen Payne. Stephen is one of the world’s leading passenger ship designers and was responsible for designing and project managing the construction of the super liner Queen Mary 2, the largest and most expensive liner ever built, with the height of a 21 storey building and costing over 800 million dollars. Stephen developed a number of innovative concepts for the Queen Mary 2, including the use of two forward non-azimuthing pods and two aft fully-azimuthing pods that power and steer the vessel without the need for a rudder. Prior to his leading role on Queen Mary 2, Stephen was involved with the design and construction of over 30 cruise ships for the Carnival Corporation. Following Stephen’s, presentation all PIANC UK Members are invited to a drinks reception, with a chance to talk to Eric Van Den Eede, President of PIANC and the PIANC UK Committee with your ideas and suggestions for 2011. We look forward to seeing you there for what promises to be an interesting meeting.

Stephen Cork Chairman PIANC UK Section


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CONTENTS

Item Page Upcoming PIANC UK Events 2010

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Ship to Shore Port Interface

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PIANC UK Young Professionals Seminar

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From the Desk of the Government Chief Delegate

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PIANC Resolution – Liverpool 2010, Regeneration – Past, Present and Future

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PIANC MMX Congress - Eric Loewy Fund

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“Sailing Ahead”, YPCom Submission

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Waterborne Transport in Civil Engineering

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UPCOMING PIANC UK EVENTS 2010 Friday 15th October 2010 — Port Construction and Dredging in the Marine Environment: an update Friday 26th November 2010 — PIANC UK Annual General Meeting Friday 26th November 2010 — The work of the PIANC international Working Groups Friday 26th November 2010 — Sir William Harris Lecture — Genesis of the Queens: Cunard Great Liners All of the above meetings will be held at Institution of Civil Engineers, One Great George Street, Westminster, SW1P 3AA.


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SHIP TO SHORE PORT INTERFACE Report on the PIANC Technical Seminar held at the Institution of Civil Engineers on Friday 27th November 2009

This afternoon seminar was organised by the PIANC UK Section and chaired by the PIANC UK Section Chairman Stephen Cork. The seminar was well attended with around 100 members of PIANC and ICE members with an interest in ports and maritime issues. A total of five presentations were made by Mark McBride of HR Wallingford, Jakob Tolsgaard of Cavotek, Mike Harrison of System Fender, Neil Griffiths of Gottwald and Chris Boysons of Halcrow. The first presentation was given by Dr. Mark McBride, manager of the Ships Group at HR Wallingford, where he is responsible for all consultancy and research work regarding ship motion, computational and physical modelling of ship and offshore applications, vessel manoeuvring studies and port/terminal operations simulation. His presentation concerned “The impact of passing ships on moored vessels” at berth and was illustrated using examples of both computational and physical modelling.


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Any moored vessel can be affected by passing ships, and separation distances of about 3 or 4 beams are normal. The effects can be exacerbated by high passing speed and low under keel clearance and can cause serious disruption of cargo handling activities (especially containers and tankers with hard arms) and in extreme circumstances can cause mooring lines to break. Tools exist to model these effects and can be used to develop empirical guidelines for safe operations in confined waters. More details can be obtained from Mark at [email protected] The second presentation was given by Jakob Tolsgaard, who has worked in the ports and maritime industry for over twelve years and founded Cavotec Denmark A/S in 1999 as a subsidiary of the global Cavotec MoorMaster Group. Jakob’s presentation introduced the Cavotec MoorMaster vacuum mooring systems. The MoorMaster uses large 2.2m2 vacuum pads, each representing 20t holding force and 10t shear force and offers a number of benefits over conventional rope mooring. This includes speed of mooring and releasing vessels and reduction in vessel surge, sway and yaw motion caused by swell, wind, current, long wave, passing vessels etc when moored. MoorMaster systems have been in use since 1999 with installations in 6 countries in use for mooring of vessels from 91-362m in length and with over 25,000 moorings completed to date. Further details can be obtained from Jakob Tolsgaard at [email protected] The next presentation was given by Mike Harrison, who has worked in the fender industry for over 25 years. Mike is a graduate of Imperial College, London, and has extensive experience of structures, materials, manufacture and testing with particular reference to fenders and mooring systems used in extreme environments. Mike provides fender and mooring support to manufacturers, ports and civil designers around the world, particularly for new structures, upgrades and investigation of berthing incidents.


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His presentation entitled “Fender Systems - The Way Forward” discussed the PIANC 2002 guidelines for the design of fender systems and the current work in advanced fender design and testing in progress since its publication in 2002. More details can be obtained from Mike Harrison at [email protected] Neil Griffiths, Sales & Operations Manager of Gottwald Port Technology then gave a presentation on “Mobile Harbour Cranes”. Neil is based in the UK working as Sales & Operations Manager for Gottwalds North Europe Division, responsible for new crane sales, service contracts, spare parts supply and co-ordinating his customers engineering requirements.

Neil outlined the development of the mobile harbour crane and introduced the latest state of the art models being supplied for both fixed quay structures and floating transhipment terminals. Further details can be obtained from Neil Griffiths at [email protected] Lastly, Chris Boysons introduced the work of the PIANC MarCom working group 52 investigating how vessel movements impact on the efficiency of container handling. Chris is a Projects Directors at Halcrow with over 30 years experience in the design, planning and construction of ports, harbours and coastal. He is a member of the PIANC UK committee and is a member of British Standards Committee CB/502, Maritime Works for the redrafting of BS6349, Maritime Structures and a member of PIANC MARCOM Working Group 52, Criteria for the (un-)loading of container ships.


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In the 14 years since PIANC Report of Working Group no.24, “Criteria for Movements of Moored Vessels in Harbours”, cranes have increased significantly in size, outreach, and capacity to match the dramatic increase in ship size. Chris’ presentation gave an update on the on-going work of WG 52 and discussed the problems that have been experienced by terminal operators where vessels move on their berths and gave some ideas on how these problems can be overcome. Further details can be obtained from Chris Boysons at [email protected] Report by Stephen Cork – Chairman PIANC UK Section [email protected]

PIANC UK YOUNG PROFESSIONALS SEMINAR Report on the PIANC UK Young Professionals Half-Day Seminar held on Monday 26 July 2010 at the ICE A very full afternoon programme was chaired by Angus Fairfull, PIANC UK Section YP Representative. A total of six presentations were made by PIANC YPs representing a number of leading UK consultants. The first presentation, ‘Port Planning of Liquid Terminals’ was given by Ruwaida Edries of Scott Wilson and discussed a number of interesting issues associated with the site selection and planning of new LNG import and export terminals. The second presentation, ‘Design of an in-river floating pontoon for discharge of material from floating vessels’ was given by Ben Hodgekin and Heather Armour of AECOM and described an innovative method of materials delivery for a major construction project in UK using river transport. The third presentation was by Chris Taylor of Scott Wilson considering the ‘Environmental issues associated with Ports’.


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A presentation on ‘Container Terminal Planning Worldwide’ was given by John Martin of Halcrow followed by Mark Hill and Ned Gould of Royal Haskoning who presented on the ‘Port of Loch Ryan – An Innovative Approach’. The final presentation was made by Deanne Everett of Atkins on ‘Thames Waterside Infrastructure for the Olympic Site’ Following the seminar the PIANC YPs and guests were all invited to a drinks reception in the ICE bar, hosted by the PIANC UK Committee, where there was a lively discussion on PIANC activities and the benefits of working in the marine environment!

FROM THE DESK OF THE GOVERNMENT CHIEF DELEGATE Redefinition and Renewal Recent meetings of the PIANC International Council have focused on future strategy and plans for PIANC on the international stage. With the help of professional marketing consultants, PIANC has redefined itself as “The World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure” – but it will keep the PIANC acronym as its banner! “PIANC is the forum where professionals from around the world join forces to provide expert advice on sustainable, reliable and cost-effective infrastructures to facilitate the growth of waterborne transport”.

This re-invigoration of PIANC is being supported by a new website, a media ‘toolbox’ for marketing and publicity purposes, and a ‘membership toolbox’ to support the secretariats of the National Sections. Go and look at the new website www.pianc.org. If you have forgotten your username and password to get into the ”Members Only” section, which includes the Membership Directory and free PIANC publications, contact the Brussels Secretariat via [email protected]. This will become more important as electronic publication of PIANC reports expands. View of the Future At the Annual General Assembly in Helsinki in 2009, it became clear that when the present terms of office of the President and Secretary-General come to an end in May 2011, the Flemish Government will not indefinitely subsidise individuals in these positions. It will become necessary to employ a dedicated Secretary-General, and a job description is being prepared for recruitment. Louis Van Schel has agreed to continue for an interim period so that this transition can be made in a managed and sustainable way. Clearly this has significant consequences for the budget, and ways have to be found of meeting the cost, either through increasing subvention and subscription rates or making serious savings in some activities. Printing and distributing publications is a particularly high cost to PIANC, and this is a primary area where a new approach can save money (see below).


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So although the financial position of the Association is stable at present, there are some major financial issues looming in the near future. National Sections are being exhorted to find at least one “Platinum Partner” willing to pay an annual contribution of 5000 Euros in return for high-profile exposure at all PIANC events and in PIANC publications. Enquiries or suggestions are welcome! “On Course” Heading for the Rocks? The popularity of the “Sailing Ahead” electronic newsletter and the continued difficulty in generating sufficient high quality content for the printed “On Course” magazine has again raised the question of the magazine’s future viability. There are mixed views about the usefulness of “On Course” as a Journal of technical articles: is it heading for the rocks? As an interim step, it is to be discontinued as a printed publication, and for a trial period it will be produced as an electronic publication openly available on the PIANC website. The Promotion Commission will try to source articles of good quality, but if this still proves to be difficult, the intention is to merge “On Course” with the “Sailing Ahead” Newsletter, probably with an increase in frequency. But there is still an intention that once a year, to coincide with the Annual General Assembly; a printed PIANC Yearbook including contributions from the host country will be produced as a tangible link with all the PIANC members. Electronic Publication of Working Group Reports The printing and mailing of Working Group Reports is a high cost to PIANC, and most working professionals of all ages now look for information in electronic form on the Internet. Visibility on the Internet is also a way of increasing the visibility of PIANC to Internet searchers looking for technical information, which should attract new individual and corporate members. These two motivations have led PIANC to decide to discontinue printing hard copies of Working Group Reports. From January 2011, all new Reports will be published electronically on the website, and older Reports that are still in demand will be scanned in also. It is intended that they will be free-to-sample by anyone, but will be protected against downloading by non-members, who will have to pay to gain access to the full Report. Individual and corporate members will be able to download and share the electronic Reports, which in particular should make them more readily accessible and usable in member companies. This is a work-in-progress, and further information will emerge as the system is set up. Are you an Honorary Member of PIANC? One of the privileges of Honorary Members of PIANC is the right to attend meetings of the Council and the Annual General Assembly in an advisory, non-voting capacity. Although they are always invited by mail, relatively few actually respond or attend. Therefore all the Honorary Members are being asked whether they wish to continue to receive invitations, and those who respond positively will continue to be invited by e-mail. Please be sure to register your continued interest if you do not wish to be ex-communicated! And finally…..


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The UK Section of PIANC has every reason to be satisfied with the outcome of the 32nd PIANC Congress hosted in Liverpool in May, after more than four years of planning. Without exception, all the delegates and partners that I met were pleasantly surprised and impressed by what Liverpool has to offer, including spring sunshine! A short VoxPop DVD of the event will be shown at the PIANC UK AGM in November and there is a library of photographs on the Congress website www.piancmmx.org.uk . Mike Thorn UK Government Chief Delegate

PIANC RESOLUTION – LIVERPOOL 2010

Regeneration – Past, Present and Future Ports, harbours and waterways are fundamental to the economic well being of any country. The provision of modern handling facilities is vital to the ongoing development and regeneration of cities and regions.

PIANC as the World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure has been at the forefront in promoting technical developments in an environmentally sustainable way that assists in meeting these objectives world-wide. The increase in the size of vessels, the growth in international and national freight movements, and new routes being made available with the development of the Panama Canal are opportunities. These mean that new construction to cope with this demand is essential if ports and waterways are to retain their economic significance. To cope with this growth, the inevitable move closer to the sea to obtain access to deeper water channels in turn leaves old dock and port areas to decline. However the opportunities to regenerate old docks and ports is now recognised as being just as essential to the economic well being of an area by reusing infrastructure and buildings for residential, commercial, retail and recreational use thereby opening up historic waterfronts to new uses. Recreational navigation use has a relevant role in this sense. PIANC has been able to identify best practices and to promote these globally for the benefit of ports and waterways, regeneration agencies and the technical professionals that deliver such projects.

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PIANC MMX Congress

Liverpool

10-14 May 2010

DELEGATES SPONSORED BY THE ERIC LOEWY FUND

The UK Section of PIANC administers a Fund established in memory of Eric Loewy who was for many years an active member and supporter of PIANC, and in particular the activities of what is now the Cooperation Commission, CoCom. The Fund is to be used to enable developing country members to participate in PIANC activities, and thus it provided financial support to enable five delegates to attend the PIANC MMX Congress.

The appreciation of these delegates is summarised in the following extracts of letters from them.

Mike Thorn, UK Government Chief Delegate, PIANC 3rd August 2010

Carlos Blandon, Colombia I have to say that I really enjoyed the congress and it was of great value for me to attend an event of these characteristics. Being located in a high seismic region, the Pacific coast and the ports located there require special studies and infrastructure implementation to reduce the seismic risk that may cause large damages and lose of life. All of these issues were considered in the congress. I came in contact with people from Europe, Japan, India and America working in these topics. I am working on ideas to spread the information I received in Liverpool and to put in contact the people here that can use the help from the people I knew at the congress. I am also plan to contact the people in PIANC that work in the same field I do to look for ways to cooperate and if they are interested I would like to help in a committee. I am really thankful to the Eric Loewy fund for making this happen. I walked the streets of London and Liverpool, listen to the “Beatles“, met new and old friends, learnt new things and buy some souvenirs but more important, I came back with new ideas and enthusiastic to keep on working on this field. Please let me know if I can be of help to the organization some day.

Marli Geldenhuys, South Africa (currently studying in Delft) I would like to personally thank the people from the Eric Loewy Fund which has made it possible for me to attend the PIANC MMX conference. Attending the conference was a very positive educational experience for me. It was very nice to learn from the presentations given by knowledgeable people in the port, navigation and coastal industry. Particularly interesting were the presentations relating to breakwaters, bed bank and shoreline protection and port planning as these are subjects I have worked with and also learned about at Delft University of technology. There was also a focus on ‘Working with Nature’ and climate adaptation, which I also find interesting and believe will be very important issues in this century. The case studies presented were also very relevant. I think the conference added much practical value to my studies and it was also nice to meet some people from the industry. It would have been impossible for me to attend the PIANC conference without the Eric Loewy Fund as benefactor and I would like to sincerely thank you for giving me this opportunity as I believe that it would be very difficult for me to attend if I am working in Africa.

Raj Sannasiraj, India It was a good opportunity to participate in PIANC MMX congress with the support of Eric Loewy Fund. The technical sessions were well organized and interesting. It was more interesting to have discussion with Exhibitors and this would be beneficial for further collaboration in consultancy projects. I hope Eric Loewy Fund will extend their support for future PIANC events. Thanks.

Shakeel Goburdhone, Mauritius I am very thankful to the Eric Loewy Fund for having contributed in funding of my participation in the PIANC MMX Congress in Liverpool. The quality of the technical papers was of a very high standard and have enhanced my knowledge in the different fields of port engineering. This will of course have a direct bearing in the planning of future development at Port Louis Harbour in Mauritius and also in the maintenance of existing port facilities. During my stay I also appreciated the waterfront development at the Albert Docks and its surroundings. At Port Louis harbour we also have similar structures which can be upgraded for commercial activities. Thank you very much to the Eric Loewy Fund for having given me the opportunity to participate in such a prestigious conference.

Guo-Ping Yang, China The PIANC 32nd Congress proved to be successful for all of us. As an Engineering staff from China, I have experienced the critical activities with the whole programme. What impressed me very much in this Congress was the Congress systematically planned and various kinds of programmes well-arranged and the attendants for the Congress polite and considerate. I avail myself of this opportunity to express my gratitude to all of them for a real success for the Congress. With the support of Eric Loewy Fund, I got the opportunity to participate in the Congress and involved in all of the technical activities. By means of attending technical sessions, reading related papers, and technical exchange with engineers from all over the world, I benefit quite a lot from it, that is, technical knowledge was improved, culture exchange was enhanced, and positive effect was achieved for the basis of my work in the future. Thank you again for the support by the Eric Loewy Fund.


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“SAILING AHEAD” - YPCOM SUBMISSION

The Young Professional Commission embarked on a new venture at the MMX Congress – postcards. Headed by Alice Clijncke (Netherlands YPCom representative), seven companies were highlighted on the postcards. The postcards, free to all Congress participants, were well received; look for them again at future PIANC events. The generous contributions of each company were used to create the postcards and to fund

YP networking receptions at PIANC events. YPCom extends thanks to our sponsors – bremenports GmbH & Co. KG, DHI-WASY GmbH, INCA Engineers, Inc., Moffatt & Nichol, Port of Rotterdam Authority, Van Oord Dredging and Marine Contractors bv, and Witteveen + Bos. Young Professionals were well represented at the MMX Congress. More than 30 Young Professionals authored and presented papers during the technical sessions. Two award competitions were offered to Young Professionals with papers accepted for the Congress, one sponsored by PIANC-AIPCN and one sponsored by the International Association of Dredging Contractors (IADC), both with monetary prizes. Quality of both the paper and presentation, on any topic at the Congress, was considered for the PIANC YP Award. The IADC YP Award recognized excellence of a paper on a dredging-related topic. Congratulations to the four Young Professionals honoured with these awards! The following photographs of the YP Award recipients are courtesy of Mills Media Limited.

Paulo Osório (Luxemburg) 1st Prize PIANC YP Award

Structural Reliability Analysis of Quay Walls with Steel Sheet Piles

Catrina Cofalla (Germany) 2nd Prize PIANC YP Award

Floodsearch – Hydrotoxic Investigations of Contaminated Sediments in an Annular Flume


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Additionally, YPCom hosted a social event for Young Professionals on the Wednesday evening of the Congress at the Pumphouse on Albert Dock. This successful networking event was attended by more than 40 Young Professionals representing 10 countries; as a result, the interaction of Young Professionals continued throughout the Congress. Thank you to our sponsors for helping fund this event!

Join the PIANC Young Professionals LinkedIn group and stay up-to-date on YP events. For more information on YP activities and YP contacts within the commissions and national sections, visit the PIANC YPCom webpage at http://www.pianc.org/YPCom.asp. Jessica McIntyre Secretary, YPCom

WATERBORNE TRANSPORT IN CIVIL ENGINEERING SPECIAL ISSUE OF ICE JOURNAL “CIVIL ENGINEERING” The ICE Journal Civil Engineering published a Special Issue on Waterborne Transport in May, coinciding with the PIANC Congress in Liverpool. Mike Thorn and Stephen Cork coordinated and refereed the papers from authors around the world. The full contents list is:

PIANC: 125 years of promoting waterborne transport – Eric Van den Eede, PIANC HQ, Belgium

Marieke Kaarsemaker (Netherlands)

3rd Prize PIANC YP Award Evaluation of Flow Fields and their Impact on

Manoeuvring

Suze Ann Bakker (Netherlands)

Winner IADC YP Award Geo-morphological and hydrodynamic risks for

dredged channels – A practical approach


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The economic role of inland water transport – Bruce Lambert, Institute for Trade and Transport Studies, USA

Yangtze River: China’s golden waterway – Wu Peng et al, CCCC Water Transport Consultants, China

Current issues of inland water transport in Europe – Cecile Tournaye et al, Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine, France

Redefining maritime transport infrastructure – Alfred Baird, TRI Edinburgh Napier University, UK

The design of ship-to-shore linkspans for ro-ro terminals – Stephen Osborn, Royal Haskoning, UK

Ship design trends and the implications for port design – David Byrne, GL Noble Denton, UK

The impact of navigation channels on berth protection – Stephen Gray et al, HR Wallingford, UK

Impacts of climate change on waterborne transport – PIANC Task Group, UK + Germany + Norway + France + USA.

If you or your company library already subscribe to Civil Engineering Special Issues, be sure to look at this one. It highlights the huge importance of waterborne transport to society and some of the challenges and opportunities that it presents. Copies can be purchased via the ICE Virtual Library at www.icevirtuallibrary.com . The Editorial Panel of ICE’s journal Transport liked this Civil Engineering Special Issue so much that they have been inspired to plan a similar themed issue for 2012. They would like to recruit a new Panel member with experience of waterborne transport. Are you interested in joining them? If so, please contact us via the PIANC Secretariat at the ICE.

To find out more about PIANC, please visit:

www.pianc.org.uk (PIANC UK)

www.piancmmx.org.uk (PIANC MMX) www.aipcn.org (PIANC HQ, Brussels)

Or contact

Cheryl Honess (PIANC UK Secretary)

[email protected] Tel: 0207 665 2238

Stephen Cork PIANC UK Chairman [email protected] Tel 01491 832381

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