INTERNATIONAL NAVIGATION ASSOCIATION > ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE DE NAVIGATION Desig INTERNATIONAL NAVIGATION ASSOCIA’INTERNATIONAL NAVIGATION ASSOCIATION GUIDELINES FOR THE DESIGN OF FENDER SYSTEMS: 2002 Report of Working Group 33 of the MARITIME NAVIGATION COMMISSION INTERNATIONAL NAVIGATION ASSOCIATION ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE DE NAVIGATION 2002PIANC has Technical Commissions concerned with inland waterways and ports (InCom), coastal and ocean water- ‘ways (including ports and harbours) (MarCom), environmental aspects (EnviCom) and sport and recreational nav- igation (RecCom). This report has been produced by an international Working Group convened by the Maritime Navigation ‘Comission (MarCom). Members ofthe Working Group represent several countries and are acknowledged experts in their profession, ‘The objective of this report is to provide information and recommendation on good practice, Conformity is not obligatory and engineering judgement should be used in its application, especially in special circumstances. This report should be seen as an expert guidance and state of the art on this particular subject. PLANC disclaims all responsibility in case this report should be presented as an offical standard, PIANC General Secretariat Graaf de Ferraris-gebouw - 11th floor Boulevard du Roi Albert II 20, B. 3 B-1000 Brussels BELGIUM http://www.piane-aipcn.org BTW: BE 408-287-945 ISBN 2-87223-125.0 lll rights reserved