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 â and hence to local, national and global economies. However, a positive, proactive response,...
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) â the second to be hosted by Ireland. The first was held jointly in Dublin and Belfast in 2001 and this yearâs...
by David Edwards-May | Jul 11, 2017 | Inland water transport, New waterways, Policy, Waterways & transport policy
The new French government plans to âpauseâ the long-awaited Seine-Nord Europe Canal. Immediately after the newly-elected president Emmanuel Macron formed his Government, there were concerns for the project, as the Prime Minister Edouard Philippe was known to be less...
by David Edwards-May | Dec 2, 2016 | Inland water transport, New waterways, Policy, Waterway funding
The Seine-Nord Europe Canal has overcome what may have been the final obstacle in its epic progression towards the first shovel of earth being moved. The State, regions and dĂŠpartements agreed on a plan to bear the increased cost of the works, at a meeting held in the...
by David Edwards-May | Nov 17, 2016 | Inland water transport, New waterways, Waterway funding
Inland Waterways International has constantly supported Europe’s new canal, the 107-km ‘missing link’ for high-capacity barges and push-tows between the Seine basin and the main interconnected network from Northern France through the Rhine to...
by David Edwards-May | Jul 18, 2016 | Cultural & industrial heritage, Inland water transport, New waterways, Policy, Waterway funding
More than 20 years after planning started, the enlarged Panama Canal has finally been opened to international shipping, two years behind schedule. A detailed feature published in the New York Times on June 22, 2016, suggests that the difficulties encountered in...
