by David Edwards-May | Sep 20, 2021 | Inland water transport, New waterways, Policy, Waterfront development, Waterways & transport policy
IWI supports World Rivers Day 2021, on September 26. The World Rivers Day was founded 40 years ago in British Columbia, and aims to increase public awareness of the importance of our waterways as well as the many threats confronting them. With many of the world’s...
by David Edwards-May | Oct 16, 2020 | Inland water transport, New waterways, Waterway funding, Waterways & transport policy, Waterways promotion
The climate is changing. The evidence is unequivocal. Climate change represents a significant risk to business, operations, safety and infrastructure – and hence to local, national and global economies. However, a positive, proactive response,...
by David Edwards-May | Oct 11, 2020 | Personal, Policy, Waterway funding, Waterway management, Waterway personalities, Waterway restoration, Waterways & transport policy, Waterways promotion, World Canals Conference
Annual General Meeting by videoconference, October 9, 2020 Dear David, members of the IWI Council (and of the General Assembly) I cannot hide the pride that I was nominated to serve as President of Inland Waterways International for the next three...
by David Edwards-May | Oct 24, 2019 | Cultural & industrial heritage, Inland water transport, Policy, Waterfront development, Waterways & transport policy, Waterways and environment, Waterways promotion, World Canals Conference
The World Canals Conference at Yangzhou in China, on September 26-28, focused on the heritage potential of canals, and their role in regeneration and renewal. Guazhou Lock on the earlier Grand Canal south of Yangzhou, just before it enters the Yangtze River....
by David Edwards-May | Nov 4, 2018 | Cultural & industrial heritage, Cultural & industrial heritage, New waterways, Policy, Waterfront regeneration, Waterway funding, Waterway restoration, Waterways & transport policy
Report by member Tim Coghlan (first published in Towpath Talk, No. 96) Irish eyes were justifiably smiling following the 31st World Canals Conference (WCC) – the second to be hosted by Ireland. The first was held jointly in Dublin and Belfast in 2001 and this year’s...
by David Edwards-May | Jun 1, 2018 | Inland water transport, Waterway funding, Waterway management, Waterways & transport policy, Waterways promotion
by Maggie Armstrong (I-474) A quick glance at the map of the inland waterways published by the Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine (CCNR) in their 2016 Marketing Report is enough to make any skipper with a cargo barge less than 85m long fear that their...