Inland Navigation Commission (InCom)

InCom is in charge of the activities of PIANC in the field of inland waterways (IWW), including inland navigation (ships, ports, etc.); inland infrastructure (locks, movable weirs, flood protection barriers, etc., including electro- mechanical components of the equipment); numerical and physical hydraulic modelling; river engineering and river morphodynamics, including dredging aspects; river and canal management; economy of IWW; environmental issues related to IWW, including vessel-river interactions; inland port design and management; inland transportation and logistic (RIS - River Information Services, AIS, modelling of IWW, IWT Policy, etc.); maintenance & inspection of IWW; and operation, management of IWW (asset management, etc.).  

In addition, InCom networks with waterways stakeholders and international organisations/commissions (CCNR, MRC, etc.) to reach PIANC’s strategic goals and organises and supports the PIANC-SMART Rivers Conferences.  

Philippe Rigo
Chairperson

InCom presentations

Mr Tero Sikiö on Canals and Inland Waterways in Finland

Presentation viadonau on Overview of Tasks for PIANC InCom 

Mrs Jasna Muskatirovic on Inland Waterway Infrastructure Projects in the Republic of Serbia


Presentations made during the InCom Meeting of March 2021:

InCom Working Group Reports

Click on the link below to find an overview of already published InCom WG-reports.

Members

  • Name
    Philippe Rigo – Belgium
  • Function
    Chairman
  • Name
    Jasna Muskatirovic – Serbia
  • Function
    Secretary
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    Leonel A. Temer – Argentina
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    Member
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    Jürgen Trögl – Austria
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    Member
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    Katrin Haselbauer – Austria
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    Member
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    Catherine Swartenbroekx – Belgium
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    Member
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    Stefan Devocht – Belgium
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    Member
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    Eduardo Pessoa de Queiroz – Brazil
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    Member
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    José Renato Ribas Fialho – Brazil
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    Member
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    Mitko Toshev - Bulgaria
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    Member
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    Denitsa Mateva - Bulgaria
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    Alternate Member
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    Luc Boisclair – Canada
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    Member
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    Jim Athanasiou – Canada
  • Function
    Alternate Member
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    Raphaël Wisselmann – CCNR
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    Member
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    Gensheng Zhao – China
  • Function
    YP-Member
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    Wu Peng – China
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    Member
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    Yun Li – China
  • Function
    Alternate Member
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    Ma Dianguang – China
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    Alternate Member
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    Fabio Zapata – Colombia
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    Member
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    Tero Sikiö – Finland
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    Member
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    Benoît Deleu – France
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    Member
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    Fabrice Daly – France
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    Member
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    Gernot Pauli
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    Alternate Member
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    Holger Schüttrumpf – Germany
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    Member
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    Katja Rettemeier – Germany
  • Function
    Alternate Member
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    Reza Saffari – Iran
  • Function
    Member
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    Takashi Kadono – Japan
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    Member
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    Ton Nu Thi Thanh Yen
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    Member
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    Otto Koedijk – the Netherlands
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    Member
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    Lee Choong Hyo – South Korea
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    Member
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    Ricardo Miguel Obregón Montes – Peru
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    Member
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    Hugo Lopes – Portugal
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    Member
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    Luís Fernando Sequeira de Vasconcelos Dias – Portugal
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    Alternate Member
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    Ljubisa Mihajlovic – Serbia
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    Member
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    Ignacio Sanchidrián Vidal – Spain
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    Member
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    Rodrigo García Orera – Spain
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    Member
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    Richard Wakelen – UK
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    Member
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    Brian Tetreault – USA
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    Member
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    José E. Sánchez – USA
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    Member
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    Ton Nu Thi Thanh Yen – Vietnam
  • Function
    Member
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    Akula Nidarshan – Belgium
  • Function
    Expert
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    Jeremy Giovando – USA
  • Function
    Expert