1. Session II- Future of Inland Water Transport, technological progress and innovations - « Inland Water Transport and intelligent transport systems : from a PIANC perspective »
The World Association for Waterborne
Transport Infrastructure by
M. Geoffroy CAUDE
PIANC President 1

2. Summary of the Presentation
1- What is PIANC international association about?
2- Major waterborne infrastructures and their role in innovation
3- About seven major trends from PIANC views

3. 1- What is PIANC about ? The global organisation providing guidance
for sustainable waterborne transport infrastructure
for ports and waterways
PIANC is the forum where professionals from around the world join forces to provide expert advice on cost-effective, reliable and sustainable infrastructure to facilitate the growth of waterborne transport.
Established in 1885, PIANC is the longest-standing organisation in its field, and continues to be the leading partner for governments and private sector in the design, development and maintenance of ports, waterways and coastal areas.

4. private-sector organisations)
Our Membership
40 Qualifying Members
of which 27 have a National Section
(i.e. governmental and non-governmental organisations representing a country)
National Section
QM without NS
more than 2,000 Individual Members
(Students included)
more than 450 Corporate Members
(port authorities, chambers of commerce, universities, other public- and
private-sector organisations) 4

5. Our Membership
9 Platinum Partners

6. Sister Associations
PIANC co-operates regularly with many other national and international organisations, including the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and international dredging organisations (IADC, CEDA, WODA).
PIANC has also signed Memorandums of Understanding with twelve Sister Associations:

7. Our Technical Reports The Core Business of PIANC
Provide state-of-the-art guidance on waterborne transport-related topics for professionals
Drafted by international Working Groups supervised by a Commission
An average of 15 to 20 Working Groups active at any time!
Available FOR FREE
for all PIANC members
on the Members Only pages!

8. 2- Major waterborne infrastructures and their role in innovation : vessel growth and waterways classification

9. 2- Major waterborne infrastructures and their role in innovation : vessel growth and waterways classification
Incom179 : « How to Deal with the New Ships in the CEMT ’92 Classification : towards a New CEMT classification (ITF)
InCom 201 : « Development of a Proposal of Inland Waterway Classification for South America »

10. 2- The Suez canal : a recent example of the improvements for dredging or removal of sand or earth removals vessel growth and waterways classification I

11. 2- Locks as a ongoing technology and innovation work : the Panama canal expansion and the saving basins I

12. 2- Optimizing the works for a new canal : Seine-Nord-Europe projects

13. I 2- Optimizing the works for a new canal : using ship lifts
Strepy-Thieu in Belgium and Niederfinow new lift in Germany I

14. 3- About seven major trends for waterborne navigation infrastructures and their role in innovation
1- Design Tools : environmental tools (Working with Nature) and « ecosystemic services »
2- Innovation in materials (composites and inflatable weirs) : WG 166 InCom Inflatable structures in hydraulic engineering 
3 – Asset maintenance management ( InCom ) and control
4- Optimise the use of the infrastructure : RIS (InCom ) and E-navigation(InCom ) ; safety and security ; TG Cyber Security in inland navigation ; digitalization as a tool in strong development
5- Air emissions standards and reduction of the air pollution : motorisation of the vessels, LNG ( MarCom   - design of LNG terminals including bunkering), electricity and hydrogen
6- Automation of boats and transshipment , autonomous vessels (InCom automation and remote operation of locks and bridges)
7- Renewable energies : WG 197 Small Hydropower Plants in waterways

15. Upcoming Events See you at the 34th PIANC World Congress
Panama City, Panama in 2018
See you at our next PIANC Med Days
Seville, Spain in 2018
See you at our next PIANC-SMART Rivers Conference
Lyon, France in 2019

16. THANK YOU