NEWS FROM YP-COM
February 2008 Edition

YP-Com had a prosperous year in 2007. Four national sections (India, Iran, Portugal and Serbia) joined YP-Com, resulting in a total of fifteen national sections represented by twenty-one Young Professionals (YP's).
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YOUNG PROFESSIONALS VISIT MO.S.E PROJECT IN VENICE
August 2007 Edition

On 5 and 6 July 2007 the Young Professionals Commission organized its first technical visit to the MO.S.E. project in Venice and to the Experimental Centre for Hydraulic Models in Voltabarozzo (Padova).
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BELGIAN YPS ORGANIZE PIANC YOUNG PROFESSIONALS STUDY DAY
August 2007 Edition

On 25 May, the Belgian YP's organized a "PIANC-Young Professionals study day" about public-private partnership (PPS), which was attended by about seventy participants.
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DUTCH YP’S VISIT THE STATIONSEILAND PROJECT
August 2007 Edition

On 20 June, the Dutch YP's and Young VBKO (Young Professionals of the Dredging, Coastal - and Shore Work) visited the Stationseiland project.
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EXCOM - YOUNG PROFESSIONALS
May 2007 Edition

Magenthran Ruthenavelu, who represented Holger Schüttrumpf at the ExCom in Kochi, gave an overview of the Annual Report of YP-Com.
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YP TECHNICAL EVENT 2007 - VENICE
May 2007 Edition

The PIANC Young Professionals Commission (YP-Com) invites all interested YP's to attend a technical visit to Venice on 5 and 6 July 2007.
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NEWS FROM YP-COM
March 2007 Edition

The PIANC Young Professionals Commission (YP-Com) met in Brussels on 2 February 2007.
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PIANC USA YOUNG PROFESSIONALS RECEPTION AT PORTS 2007
March 2007 Edition

All young professionals attending the Ports 2007 conference on 27 March are encouraged to join the COPRI and PIANC leadership at the Young Professional Welcome Reception on 25 March at 5:30 p.m.
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TWO NEW MEMBERS FOR THE DUTCH YP-TEAM
March 2007 Edition

In September 2006, Natascha Dofferhoff left the Dutch YP-team. Two enthusiastic members were found to strengthen the team.
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NEWS FROM YP-COM
December 2006 Edition

On 29 September 2006, the first meeting of the new YP-Com was held in Palermo, Italy, hosted by Elio Ciralli from the Italian national section. The main objectives of the meeting were to determine the structure of YP-Com and to initiate an action plan for the years 2007 to 2010.
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DUTCH YP'S VISIT THE PORT OF AMSTERDAM
December 2006 Edition

On 19 October, the Dutch YP's went on their second excursion of the year and visited the Port of Amsterdam.
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NEW : PIANC UK WEBSITE
December 2006 Edition

PIANC is pleased to announce that the British National Section created its own webpage at www.pianc.org.uk. Besides a presentation of PIANC in general, as well as information about publications and activities, the different working groups and the young professionals ...
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YP-COM
July 2006 Edition

On 12 May, the AGA agreed to set up a formal YP-Com, in order to ensure that the efforts being done in the past will be continued.
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YP-AWARD
July 2006 Edition

Three persons were selected as this year's winners of PIANC's YP-Award.
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YP-MEETING IN ESTORIL
July 2006 Edition

About forty to fifty persons attended the YP-session at the congress on 17 May.
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GERMAN YP´S VISIT THE VESSEL TRAFFIC SERVICE CENTRE IN BREMEN
July 2006 Edition

The third meeting of the German YP-Group was held on 30 March 2006 at the Federal Waterways and shipping administration office (WSA) in Bremen. Seven YP's and Uwe Fischer, secretary of the German PIANC section, attended the meeting and visited the Vessel Traffic Service Centre at WSA Bremen.
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SOUTH AFRICAN YP VISIT TO RESEARCH COUNCIL
March 2006 Edition

The second YP site visit was held on 27 January 2006 at the offices of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in Stellenbosch, South Africa. The event was well attended by thirty-four delegates from a range of specialist companies: consultants, contractors and port authority.
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DUTCH YP’S VISIT EUROMAX TERMINAL IN ROTTERDAM
March 2006 Edition

On 23 March, sixteen members of the Dutch YP’s paid a visit to the construction site of the Euromax Container Terminal in Rotterdam.
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PIANC YP'S MEET IN MADRID
January 2006 Edition

The Young Professionals Implementation Group had a very successful meeting in Madrid on 11 November 2005, hosted by David Romero at Puertos del Estado.
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GERMAN YP-GROUP VISITS CT 4 IN BREMERHAVEN
January 2006 Edition

The second meeting of the YP-Group was held in Bremerhaven on 13 October 2005. This time, a technical visit was arranged at the construction site of Container-Terminal 4 (CT 4), attended by 11 YP's and the PIANC vice-president Dr. Eng. Hartmut Brühl.
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KICK-OFF MEETING YP'S ITALIAN SECTION
January 2006 Edition

PIANC's Italian Section is pleased to announce that the kick-off meeting of PIANC-YP's of the Italian Section has been set up. The meeting was held during the "VIII Ed. - Giornate Italiane di Ingegneria Costiera", that took place from 23 until 25 November 2005.
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DUTCH YP'S VISIT "DE DELFT" AND SVASEK HYDRAULICS
January 2006 Edition

On 17 November 2005, the Dutch YP's paid a visit to the shipyard De Delft and Svasek Hydraulics.
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YP'S MEET IN LONDON
November 2005 Edition

On 19 April 2005, the PIANC Young Professionals Implementation Group held a meeting at the ICE in London. It was attended by representatives from the UK, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Italy, the USA.
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YP'S IMPLEMENTATION GROUP MEETS IN MADRID
November 2005 Edition

The next meeting of the PIANC-Young Professionals Implementation Group (YPIG) will be held at Puertos Del Estado in Madrid (Spain) on 11 November 2005.
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YP'S GROUP IN GERMANY
November 2005 Edition

In April, a new Young Professionals group was set up in Germany during a very successful kick-off meeting in Bonn. The new group consists of 15 Young Professionals and 7 Senior Professionals.
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YP-VISIT TO "DE DELFT" EN SVASEK HYDRAULICS
November 2005 Edition

Take a note: on 17 November 2005 there will be a new meeting of the Young Professionals in the Netherlands. This time, a visit is planned to the VOC-ship "De Delft" and Svasek Hydraulics, the consultancy bureau for hydraulics, morphology and coastal engineering.
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SOUTH AFRICAN YP SITE VISIT TO ROBBEN ISLAND
November 2005 Edition

During July 2005, the Young Professionals of the South African National Section of PIANC gathered for their first initiative, a technical site visit to the marine construction works on Robben Island in Cape Town.
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BELGIAN YP-SECTION VISITS THE PORT OF GHENT
February 2005 Edition

On Friday 29 October, all PIANC YP's of Belgium were invited by the Ghent Port Company for a most interesting visit.
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AND YET ANOTHER YP AWARD
February 2005 Edition

At the initiative of the Young Professionals management, ExCom has decided to award three prizes for outstanding paper presentations at the 4-yearly PIANC Congresses. Three prizes of respectively € 1.000, € 500 and € 250 will be granted for both a paper and the presentation. The awards will be presented during the closing banquet, for the first time during the 32nd Congress in Estoril, Portugal. By organizing a "Young Professionals Paper Award", it is hoped to make the Congresses more attractive and to give an additional incentive to young PIANC members.
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YP-IMPLEMENTATION GROUP MEETING - SEPTEMBER 19TH 2004, LISBON, LNEC
October 2004 Edition

A summary of the meeting with some nice pictures.
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NEWS FROM FUKUOKA MEETINGS
July 2004 Edition

A very brief report of the presentation of the Young Professionals work was presented at PIANC's Annual General Assembly (AGA) meeting in Fukuoka, Japan.
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PIANC AUSTRIA TO SUPPORT YOUNG PROFESSIONALS
July 2004 Edition

According to the initiative of PIANC to recruit younger members, PIANC Section Austria increased its promotional activities towards Young Professionals.
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PIANC NETHERLANDS: BUSY YOUNG PROFESSIONALS
July 2004 Edition

The Young Professionals section of PIANC-Netherlands has appointed two new (lady) contact persons.
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PIANC UK : YP'S "ON THE CREST OF THE WAVE"
July 2004 Edition

A half day meeting was held at the ICE on the 11th March, with the specific aim of providing a forum for some of the younger members of the industry to demonstrate their valuable contributions to the ports and maritime sector. The meeting was chaired by Peter Hunter. It was well attended by a wide cross-section of the membership, and the programme of presentations provided a interesting variety of technical issues for discussion.
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NEWS FROM EXCOM - YP'S AT EXCOM MEETING
April 2004 Edition

A delegation of Young Professional's attended the ExCom meeting and reported on their activities. Holger Schüttrumpf from Germany has been elected as YP-Chairperson, and Kirsty Mc.Connell was nominated as the vice-chairperson.
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GRAND BALL AT THE BELGIAN NATIONAL SECTION
April 2004 Edition

At the initiative of the Young Professionals, the very active Belgian National Section organized a Grand Ball on Saturday 20th March in the prestigious Concert Noble state rooms in Brussels.
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NEWS FROM EXCOM - YOUNG PROFESSIONALS
February 2004 Edition

Introduced by VP Hartmut Brühl, the "facilitator" for YP-contacts, Holger Schüttrumpf gave a presentation of the Young Professionals Implementation Group till today.
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INFORMATION FROM THE YOUNG-PROFESSIONALS-IMPLEMENTATION GROUP
February 2004 Edition

Introduced by VP Hartmut Brühl, the "facilitator" for YP-contacts, Holger Schüttrumpf gave a presentation of the Young Professionals Implementation Group till today.
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FROM PIANC NATIONAL SECTIONS - BELGIUM : THE OLDEST AND THE NEWEST SHIP LIFT
December 2003 Edition

Dirk Geeraerts, Chairperson of Young PIANC Belgium introduces the lectures given that day. THe very active PIANC Young Professionals (YP) Belgian section held six regular meetings over the past year. Initiatives of the Belgian NS and YP's in 2003 included a visit to the Ports of Dunkirk and Le Havre, to the Scheldt Radar Chain, to the Tricolor salvage site and to the biggest ship lift of the world in Strépy-Thieu - linking Belgian and French inland waterways.
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FROM PIANC YOUNG PROFESSIONALS - IDENTIFICATION AND PRIORITISATION OF ACTIONS
December 2003 Edition

A report of the Task Group findings and recommendations was presented at the AGA in Bergen in May 2003, where it was agreed that a Young Professionals Implementation Group (YPIG) should be set up to prioritise actions and to assist in putting them into practice.
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YOUNG PROFESSIONALS SHOW THE WAY AHEAD
June 2003 Edition

Having listened to Roland Boutin, who spoke on behalf of the YP-Group in Bergen, a lot of creativity and innovative ideas are bubbling up among junior PIANC members. Make your voice being heard! In this 2003-2 issue, we publish an overview of YP-activities by Kirsty McConnell, UK Young Professionals Representative and "Sailing Ahead" correspondent for the British National Section.
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YOUNG PROFESSIONALS MEETING IN SPAIN
June 2003 Edition

Last April 4 th, the Spanish PIANC section ATPYC (Coastal and Ports Technical Associations) celebrated a meeting for young professionals. This convention was a success with more than a hundred participants from all cities and organizations of the country.
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HAVE A FREE TRIP TO JAPAN (ONLY FOR YOUNG PROFESSIONALS!)
June 2003 Edition

Please mark the 31th October 2003 deadline at once in your agenda. At that date, the deadline expires for new submissions for the De Paepe-Willems Award, one of the most prestigious prices in the navigation community. As the aim is to encourage young professionals to submit outstanding technical articles, you should not be older than 35 years by 31st December 2003.
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