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.
All Technical Reports of
PIANC’s Working Groups can be ordered on-line via the website. 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 an.vanschel@pianc.org.
PIANC’s Magazine ‘On
Course’ (electronic since January 2011) 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 Miss Leen Weltens, PIANC’s Editing Officer.
3.
E-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.org.
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 August
31 of
each 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 PIANC De Paepe-Willems Award page to know more about the rules and conditions for this award. You can also find an application form on this site.
PIANC Marina Excellence Design Jack Nichol
Award (MEDA)
The PIANC Marina
Excellence Design Jack Nichol Award (MEDA) 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 recognise 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:
a.
Provide berthing for recreational boaters
b.
Have been constructed (or reconstructed) within the last 15
years
c.
Have operated successfully for the last 2 years
d.
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’.
Abstracts
should be submitted before September 30 of each year. All information can be
found here.
To fulfil its aims,
the Association organises 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 Japan, the Netherlands, Australia, Portugal and the UK. The next Congress
– PIANC’s 33rd World Congress – will be held in San Francisco, USA
in 2014. It will continue the successful PIANC Congress series, which is the
world’s premier forum on navigation, waterways and related subjects.
For more information
about the Congresses, please visit the website’s Congress section.