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6th Argentine Congress of Port Engineering & "Sustainable Development of River and Maritime Port Infrastructure in Latin America"

Buenos Aires, Argentina
April 5 – 7, 2010

The Argentine Congress and PIANC's Latin American Seminar, "Sustainable Development of River and Maritime Port Infrastructure in Latin America," will be held simultaneously next April as part of the PIANC 125th Anniversary Celebration in 2010. The event will be an excellent meeting place and technical forum for sharing knowledge and experience for professionals from the maritime and river port fields worldwide who are engaged in engineering, management, and port planning. The seminar will be a place for presentation and discussion of the most recent knowledge before a qualified audience of over 250 delegates comprised of managers, researchers, government representatives and private business coming from the most important Latin American ports.

It is also a forum that will give its attendees the opportunity to grow new professional contacts and relationships, through social and cultural activities as well as technical visits that compliment the core of the main program.

Congress Topics:

• Development of LNG Terminals: project, construction, safety, and environmental aspects
• Renovation projects for urban port areas
• Upgrading waterways infrastructure
• Latest tendencies in barge river navigation
• Latest dredging technologies
• Breakwaters and shore protection
• Fluvial information systems for navigation safety
• Environmental aspects in river and maritime infrastructure

More information on the event can be found at www.aadip.org.ar.

posted 23 Oct 2009