Presentations

Seminar Presentations

Presentations from ‘Navigating Through PIANC’s New Fender Guidelines’ 5hr workshop Brisbane 30 July 2025

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.

From Strategy to Reality: Implementing Decarbonisation & ESG Strategies.

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

PIANC Brisbane Seminar Concrete in Maritime Infrastructures 19 June 2025

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.

PIANC QLD Webinar – Insights into WG211 Fender Guidelines 2024

Presentation by Harvinder Singh – Wed 24 July 2024

PIANC QLD Seminar: Recent Developments in Design of Breakwaters June 2024

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

PIANC QLD Workshop April 2024: Hydrogen in the Ports – Challenges & Opportunities

Eight presentations from industry practitioners and state government

PIANC Aotearoa NZ April 2024 Wharf Construction Webinar Presentations

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

Port of Townsville Presentations October 2023

Shore Power Workshop Presentation August 2023 Sunshine Coast

May 2019 NSW New Technologies Seminar

David Taylor, ‘Predictive Modelling for Extreme Events’

Peter Duplex Mid West Ports, ‘Geraldton experience with new technology’

Ron Cox WRL, ‘Upgrading Breakwaters – New Technology’

Pettersson & Lesser, ‘Channel Deepening Project – Lyttleton Port, NZ’

Elizabeth Freeman, ‘Floating Pontoons’

Douglas Hunt, ‘Renewable Energy Applications to Port Infrastructure”

Ross Newcombe, ‘PIANC WG184 Guide – Dry Bulk Terminals Design’

Matthew Primmer Port of Melbourne, ‘NCOS Online System’

Jackie Spiteri Port of Newcastle, ‘EcoPort Membership’

Brett Miller WRL, ‘Bow Thruster Performance & Loadings on Wharf Structures’