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InCom

Inland Navigation Commission

Report on the progress of

the Working Groups

General Assembly

March 17, 20176

Antwerp

Jean-Michel Hiver

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Active members

from Europe, the Americas and Asia

Chairman Philippe Rigo

Secretary Jasna Muskatirovic

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InCom Team

Europe Austria, Belgium, Finland,

France, Germany, Italy,

Netherlands, Serbia, Spain, UK

North America Canada, USA

South America Argentina,Brazil, Columbia,

Peru

Asia Cambodia, China, India, Iran,

Japan, Korea, Vietnam

23 countries and 2 International Commissions (CCNR,

Mekong RC)) are represented in InCom

Missing: Panama, Poland, Romania, Egypt, …and some countries from

Africa

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InCom Challenges

• Provide to PIANC expertises in the field of inland

waterways and to disseminate it worldwide

• Create and organise New Working Groups in this area

and provide support and encouragement for their

identification, elaboration and conclusions

• Increase the technical knowledge of PIANC country

members in the field of inland navigation through these

WGs.

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InCom’s WG

• Operational WGs 12

• New WGs accepted by ExCom 6

• Proposals WGs 3

• Thus, in total, 18 active and new WGs

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Operational InCom’s WG

WG Titel Setup Chairman Belgian member Institution

125 RIS 2016 Cas Willems Johan Torfs  De Scheepvaart

128 Bank protection 2016 B. Soehngen Jelle Van Bogaert Deme Environment

Ronny Van LooverenI.M.D.C.

141 Guideline IWT 2016 B. Soehngen

154 Mitre gates 2013 F. Joers Joris Meersschaert SBE

156 e-Navigation 2013 D. Vermeir Pascal Roland vzw ITB

Piet Creemers WZkanaal

166 Inflatable structure 2013 M Gebhardt Bart De Heyder WZkanaal

Philippe Rigo Ulg

173 Movable bridges 2013 T. Paulus Francis Luyckx Port of Antwerp

179 New CEMT Classification 2015 I. ten Broeke Didier Bousmar SPW

189 Fatigue 2016 Dirk J.Peters Wim De Cock MOW

Peter Buffel Tractebel

190 Corrosion 2016 R. C. Wilson

191 Composites material 2016 Hota G. Rao

192 Automatization of locks 2016 Dejonckheere Wim Van Santvoort Port of Antwerp

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New InCom’s WGs

ToR accepted by ExCom, setting up letter, request of experts

proposed by the national sections

Except for the « Cyber-security » WG which the TOR was accepted by

PIANC EXCOM, but HQ waits feedbacks until 31 March, then launch

the call for members.

WG Titel Setup Chairman Belgian member Institution

197 Small hydropower plant 2017 ? Jan Mangelschots De Scheepvaart

198 Salt water intrusion 2017 ? Annick De Winter WZkanaal

199 Health Monitoring 2017 ? ?

*** Social and Environment 2017 ? ?

201 IWT South America 2017 ? ?

*** Cyber-security of IWT 2017 ? ?

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WG197 – Small Scale Hydropower in Waterways -

Need Multi-function Infrastructures

Proposal by Holger (DE) and P. Rigo, March 2016

Main goal

To develop a guideline

concerning the best practice how

to use the energy with

small hydropower in inland

waterways

• Overview of small hydropower devices

• Analysis of impacts on waterways

• Review of environmental, economic and

operational aspects

• Interaction with weir and sluice for navigation

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WG198 – Salt water Intrusion Mitigations and

Technologies

Proposal by J. Sanchez, USACE, USA, March 2016

Main goal

To rovide guidance and insight

into the monitoring,

moderating, and development

of methods for addressing the

issue of saltwater intrusion

Evaluation of actual saltwater

intrusion monitoring, mitigation,

and modeling systems and

approaches used for

operational engineering.

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WG199 – Health Monitoring for Port and Waterway

Structures (with Marcom)

Proposal by J. Sanchez, USACE, USA, March 2016

Main goal

To provide quantified probabilistic

measures of risk and reliability

necessary to make operational

and financial decisions concerning

the functionality and safety of

those structures.

This include listing of sensors, numerical models, degradation models

and statistical procedures used to produce decision support

information and their effectiveness.

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WG*** – Social and Environmental Awareness of

Waterborne InfrastructureManagers

Proposal by M. Demanet and D. Simon, SECO and SPW,

Belgium, February 2017

Main goal

To provide a general document

showing possible contributions

of the waterborne infrastructure

in the global process of a more

sustainable development of our

society.

The public authorities (Waterway

managers)

responsible of the common

welfare

a role of example or even

precursor in this process.

Have a role and major

contributions

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WG201 – Development of an inland waterway

classification for South America

Joint proposal PIANC INCOM – ECLAC

Result of the workshop organised in Rio, Brasil, by ANTAQ,

ECLAC and InCom during COPEDEC, October 2016

Main goal

To develop a proposal and

implementation strategy for a

common supra-national inland

waterway classification for South

America, combining the knowledge of

ECLAC.

Collect information on standards and existing rivers classification / river

characteristics. Analyze the convenience feasibility of the standardization in each region. classification for each region / continent

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INCOM WORKSHOP – October 19, 2016

PIANC – ECLAC – ANTAQ

1. Inland waterways in South America

Towards a classification of IW in South America

2. Funding Schemes for Inland Waterway Development

3. Towards a Regional Dialogue on Inland Waterways

Development

ANTAQ Agência Nacional de Transportes Aquaviários

ECLAC Economic Commission Latin America and the Caribbean

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WG*** – Cyber-security in Inland Waterways

Proposal by P. Gernot, with interest of US, October 2016

Main goal

To review technical literature

related to cybersecurity risks which

apply to inland navigation, as well

as mitigating measures, taking into

account work in neighbouring

fields such as maritime transport and ports management.

• HQ waits feedbacks until 31

March, then launch the call for

members

• INCOM Search for members

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Proposal new InCom’s WG

ToR in preparation and/of need a deep revision.

WG Titel ToR Actions

*** Multifunction of IW – Chances and Challenges No New TOR proposed in January 2017

*** Air Clearance – Risk & Safety No Too early to launch this ToR - We need a deep revision.

*** Update the Final Report (1986) of Study of locks No A table of contents was circulated

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WG*** – Multifunction of Inland Waterways –

Chances and Challenges

Proposal by A Dohms, BAW, Germany, (Dec 2016)

Main request

• What are the tools for reaching

agreements with stakeholders

and how the non-navigational

benefits of waterways can be

combined with navigational

aims?

• How to manage the conflicts

between functions and uses of

the waterways?

The group is to investigate the

interaction between the

interests of the waterway

management in terms of the

navigational uses, and the

interests of other stakeholders,

coming from the non-

navigational uses.

Next ToR to be submitted to ExCom, for ExCom in June 2017

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WG*** – Air Clearance – Risk & Safety

Proposal by L. Temer (A), P. Gernot (F) and JM Hiver (BE)

Main request

• How to assess in real time the

air clearance considering the

real water level, wave (from lock

and wind), the ship motion and

real ship draft.

• Can we replace a real time

monitoring instead of taking

large safety and expensive

safety margin?

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Assistance and Control Systems to Enhance the Safety of Navigation in Inland Waterways (LAESSI funded by « Bundesministerium für Wirtschaftund Energie, BMWi » (DE) • Bridge Collision Warning system • Mooring Assistance • Automatic Guidance System

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WG*** – Update the Final Report (1986) of the

International Commission forthe Study of Locks

Proposal by J. Clarkson, USA, October 2016

Main goal

To update the 1986 “Final Report

of the International

Commission for the Study of

Locks”.

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InCom Objectives & Actions for 2017

To be more present in Southeast Asia

and South America

=> INCOM WORKSHOPS

June

Date Type of workshop Place

June 13, 2017 ick-off 19 Brussel

June 20, 2017 ick-off 198 Brussel

September, 17-18, 2017 mart Ri ers Pittsburg

November 6, 2017 R P 1 Brussel

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INCOM REPORT

Antwerp – AGA 2017

Thank you for your

kind attention