Presentations

Location: ADB Suva – Level 12, FHL Tower
Date and Time: Thursday 28^th May, 4 – 6pm FJT.

Presentations :

• Tom Shand (PIANC AU-NZ Board) – What is PIANC?
• Akeneta Vatanitawake (Fiji Ports) – Fiji Ports project pipeline
• Lute Mundia (Samoa Ports Authority) – Apia breakwater construction update
• Tomasi Sauqaqa (Fiji Ports Chief Infrastructure Officer) & 
  Justin Cross (PIANC WG 240 Chair) – Update on PIANC Working Group 240 Guidance for Ports in Small Island Countries.
• Queens Wharf Rehabilitation Project – Fiji Ports

Presenters at this comprehensive full afternoon workshop delved into the latest fender design guidelines published by PIANC WG211 in 2024, to understand the implications for both design and asset management of fenders.

WG211 Fender Design & Risk Mgmt: Harvinder Singh PIANC AU-NZ on WG211
Asset Owner Lens: Sam Mazaheri, Chair, PIANC AU-NZ QLD/NT Chapter
Manufacturer Lens: James Curl, Regional Director, Marine Fenders APAC & Adam Sellers, General Manager, Marine Fenders Oceania, Trelleborg.

Presentations from PIANC AU-NZ Workshop 18 August 2025

Presenters: Luke Campbell, PIANC AU-NZ Chair: Adam van der Beeke, PIANC AU-NZ EnvCom Lead: Tessa Wade, Managing Consultant- Sustainability Advisory, Worley: Sarah Harvey, Senior Sustainability Consultant, Arup: Marnie Hope, Group Sustainability Manager, Flinders Ports: Fauzan Zulkhepli, Senior Project Manager, Port Authority of NSW & PIANC WG248 Chair: Sam Mazaheri, Principal Engineer, Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal: Dr Ashley Kingsborough, Senior Manager Water Futures and Security, SA Water: Dr Ron Cox, Honorary Associate Professor Civil and Environmental Engineering UNSW & PIANC AU-NZ Board Member

Presenters: Dr Sam Mazaheri, PIANC QLD/NT Chair; Amanda O’Connor  – Cementaid; Dr Gitte Goffin- Aurecon; Brodie Chan, Port of Brisbane; Jack McLean – Freyssinet.  Relevant news story is here.

Presentation by Harvinder Singh – Wed 24 July 2024

Amir Etemad-Shahidi & Rick Plain presentations and academic paper by Mohammed Al-Ogaili et al

Four presentations: Napier Wharf 6, Petone Seaview Wharf, SouthPort Town Wharf, and Matiu/Somes Island Wharf Renewal.