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 Working Group Reports

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

Click on the link below to find an overview of the ongoing InCom Working Groups.

Members

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