Marc Mansuy (Ghent University) attended the PIANC conference Smart Rivers 2022 which took place in Nanjing, China and online from 18 – 21 October 2022. He presented the paper Simulation study to assess the maximum dimensions of inland ships on the river Seine in Paris, for which he received the first prize of the Smart Rivers YP Award. In addition, he was co-author of Benchmark of turning basin options for the ECMT Class V network of Nord-Pas-de-Calais (France). Both papers were written in the framework of studies commissioned by Voies navigables de France and coordinated by IMDC in collaboration with Ghent University and Waterbouwkundig Laboratorium. A clear view on the possibilities of ship manoeuvring simulators of Flanders Hydraulics for these accessibility studies is shown on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byiRgaBVOf8.
