Products
PIANC
invests lots of time and effort into the creation of publications. A list of
all available PIANC publications is available for survey and they can also be
ordered on-line.
1.
Technical
reports
All technical reports
of PIANC’s Working Groups can be ordered on-line via the website, click here. You can browse through
the catalogue and order whatever report you need. The publication pipeline
provides you information about the reports that will be published in the near
future.
PIANC has a restrictive policy for advertising in its Working Group reports. For detailed information on this subject, please visit the publicity page of this website.
All information about how to order and how to
advertise can be found on the website, or you can write to editing.officer@pianc-aipcn.org.
2.
Magazine
‘On Course’
PIANC’s magazine “On
Course” includes technical articles, as well as a general news section, called
“News from the Navigation Community”. The magazine can be ordered on-line.
PIANC offers advertising opportunities to private companies, contractors, port and harbour authorities and public services. The PIANC magazine is published four times a year, and has a world-wide circulation of 4.000 subscribers in 67 countries. It is aiming at highly qualified professionals, mainly in the field of civil engineering. PIANC members and addressees hold key positions in private companies, in consultancy or in public service.
All information (guidelines for publications, format, how to order, etc.) can be found on the website in the publications section. If you wish to send in articles for the magazine, please send them to editing.officer@pianc-aipcn.org (technical articles) or to leen.weltens@pianc-aipcn.org (regarding articles for the News section of the magazine).
3.
Electronic
newsletter ‘Sailing Ahead’
PIANC’s electronic
newsletter “Sailing Ahead” is published on a regular basis on its website and
contains all kinds of news from within the Association itself (Commissions,
Working Groups, Young Professionals, Congresses, etc.). “Sailing Ahead”
occupies a substantial part of the PIANC website and reaches 2.500 people with
each issue, making it a unique and important medium for promotion.
On-line subscription to the newsletter is free of charge and can be done here.
If you have any information about the Association, which you consider to be of interest for the broader PIANC membership (news from the different commissions, PIANC activities, etc.) and you wish to see it published in “Sailing Ahead”, please send your contributions to leen.weltens@pianc-aipcn.org
4.
The
PIANC Website
With a daily average of
more than 350 unique visitors from all over the world, PIANC's website is by
far the most important communication tool of PIANC. Furthermore, the PIANC
website is used internally as a communication tool for sharing documents among
commissions and working groups and as a forum for National Sections.
Not the least important, the website is a source of income for PIANC: on-line ordering of publications is a success, as well as on-line application for membership. Requests for publicity can be easily managed on-line and, indirectly, the website mediates in subscription for congresses, seminars and other PIANC activities.
5.
Awards
The PIANC/De Paepe – Willems Award
a)
Background
This yearly prize is
being given in honour of Professor Gustave Willems, who served as president of
PIANC from 1956 until his death in 1982. Professor Willems dedicated much of
his energy to promoting PIANC among young engineers, research workers and other
young professional people involved in ports, waterways and coastal areas.
Robert De Paepe fostered the international spirit and the professional
development of the International Navigation Association. Serving as
Secretary-General in his home country,
b)
The Award
Candidates for the
award are asked to submit a paper before 31
August of any year on subjects in the fields of design, construction,
improvement, maintenance of operation of inland and maritime waterways (rivers,
estuaries, canals, port approaches), of inland and maritime ports and of
coastal areas. The Award consists of an amount of 5.000 € and free membership
of PIANC for a five-year period. The Award-winner will be invited to present his/her paper at the
AGA. Free hotel accommodation for three nights will be provided, together with
a payment of travel expenses in economy class to the AGA.
Please visit the Award pages to know more about the rules and conditions for this award. You can also find an application form on this site.
‘Jack’ Nichol Marina Design Award
The John M. 'Jack'
Nichol Marina Design Award for outstanding marina design was created in memory
of the late Jack Nichol, honorary member of PIANC and well-known marina
designer. The purpose of the award is to recognize excellence in the design of
modern recreational boating facilities around the world. Anyone may submit an
application to be considered for the Jack Nichol Award.
To be eligible for consideration, a facility must:
·
Provide berthing for
recreational boaters;
·
Have been constructed
within the last twenty-five years;
·
Have operated
successfully for the last five years;
·
Be accessible to the
boating public.
The
Recreational Navigation Commission of PIANC will evaluate the applications and
make a decision based on the criteria of functionality, aesthetics and
environmental sustainability.
The Award consists of
a bronze plaque suitable for display. It will be granted annually – provided a
sufficient number of applications are received – and announced at the Annual
General Assembly of PIANC by the Chairperson of the Recreational Navigation
Commission. Furthermore, it will be published in PIANC’s magazine “On Course”.
The application consists of a letter with the following information about the
facility:
·
Name of the project;
·
Name of the owner;
·
Name of the designer;
·
Name of the builder;
·
A description of the
recreational boating community that benefits from the project, and the
principal features of the project, including relevant figures;
·
A discussion that
shows how the project satisfies the eligibility criteria, and how it merits the
Award based on the Award criteria; photographs may be used to support the
discussion;
·
Cost of the project
(optional).
Abstracts
should be submitted before 31 August 2008. The full paper should
be submitted before 31 December 2008.
6.
The
PIANC Congresses
To fulfil its aims,
the Association has organized international congresses in the member countries
at four-yearly intervals, attracting audiences sometimes exceeding one thousand
in number, composed of members and non-members. The proceedings of the many
congresses constitute an unrivalled collection of information concerning the
history, technical development and progressive introduction of new technology
of the wide range of subjects of interest to the Association.
Every four years, a
Congress, open to all, is held in one of the member countries for the
presentation and discussion of papers on subjects of current significance to
waterways and maritime interests. These Congresses are particularly valuable
for the exchange of knowledge and opinions.
The last PIANC
congresses took place in
For more information
about the congresses, please visit the website’s Congress section.