PIANC USA Annual Meeting 2008

IWR, Alexandria, VA

EnviCom Task Group 2

“Toward Sustainable Waterborne Transportation”

TASK GROUP REPRESENTATION

Austria

Australia

Belgium

Finland

France

Germany

Japan

Netherlands

Norway

South Africa

UK

US

TASK GROUP TERMS OF REFERENCE

• Document and highlight waterborne navigation as a sustainable mode

• Highlight competition and improvements in performance of alternative modes

• Highlight need for waterborne system and industry advances to achieve sustainability

• Inform policy makers and educators and other stakeholders

JULY 14, 2008 STATUS REPORT

• Kickoff January 2008 in Brussels

• Draft Outline and Assignments

• FTP Website Established

• Monthly Conference Calls

• Schedule of Deliverables

• Completion June 2009 (18 months)

• Sept 2008 Meeting in Rotterdam