PIANC News

The Resilience Shift, PIANC and Navigating a Changing Climate were delighted to announce in November 2021 that The Resilience Shift will play a lead role in the Navigating a Changing Climate partnership during its

Presentations are now available from the PIANC Northern Chapter/ EA joint event on 14 March 2022 which featured infrastructure developments at Queensland’s Port of Mackay. NQBP has recently completed the

Group.  InCom WG242- Permanent Floating Houses Along The Inland Waterway Banks And Infrastructure.

Dedicated to the memory of the late Peter Fountain, who championed the establishment of this Working Group, WG240 Guidance For Ports In Small Island Countries has begun its important work.

Apply for the PIANC Mentoring Program now! Mentors and mentees very welcome! Meaningful professional and career development, opportunity to reflect on goals and practices.

Our achievements and events in 2021 are a testimony to the PIANC A&NZ community’s continuing resilience, enthusiasm, and commitment, despite everything!

PIANC Australia & New Zealand welcomes young professionals in our industry – practitioners and researchers in the ports, maritime and coastal environments

Our aim is to develop a series of specific, measurable, achievable and relevant PIANC ANZ targets that will form our PIANC ANZ SDG Strategy.

This was the first of a future series of events supporting women in our industry by building our networks.

Learn about this complex channel deepening project in Far North Queensland with insight from the consultant and the contractor’s perspective.

PIANC ANZ has created a three minute video to share just who we are, what PIANC is all about, and why you should join us!

Celebrating our LinkedIn No 1000! Turns out Neville Anne Berard is a PIANC cousin – a Young Professional busy helping PIANC Canada build its membership.

PIANC ANZ’s regional chapters have recently hosted very successful networking events in Darwin and Perth.

Coasts & Ports 2021 has been postponed to 10th to 13th April 2022 – and it will be held on these new dates regardless!

PIANC ANZ has lost a great engineer, leader and mentor.

Video now available of PIANC NSW webinar August 2021 – The State of Ocean Energy in Australia, presented by three industry experts.

Video now available of Brisbane F2F and webinar – Technical Presentations: PLANNING FOR AUTOMATION OF CONTAINER TERMINALS. based on PIANC Working Group 208.

Feedback from members gives a strong thumbs up for PIANC ANZ but we’re not perfect yet!

Exciting news! Online videos of PIANC’s hybrid conference APAC2020 with all speakers and sessions including our seminar on “Nature-based Solutions for Coasts, Ports and Estuaries” are now available to all viewer! Check them out here.

PIANC ANZ’s successful mentoring program has begun its second year, with a launch in April 2021. “To me this is a critical role for senior engineers to undertake.”

As a not-for-profit organisation, our core purpose is to provide leadership in the field of waterborne transport infrastructure to advance the communities, economies and environments in Australia and New Zealand. To ensure we are delivering on this purpose and in the spirit of continuous improvement, we are keen to hear from our valuable members and interested colleagues.

PIANC De Paepe-Willems Award 2022 For this prestigious and generous PIANC International prize, young professionals (under 40) are invited to submit a paper on subjects in the fields of design,

Planned calendar of 2021 events for PIANC WA Regional Chapter – sponsorship opportunities are available.

WG208 analyses state-of-the-art and best practices when planning for automation in container terminals. Congrats to all involved especially PIANC ANZ contributors Carsten Varming and Tom Condie!

The Regional Chapter Young Professional Representative role is a great opportunity to become more involved in PIANC, to develop your professional network and to advance your career!