by David Edwards-May | May 27, 2012 | New waterways, Waterway restoration
In just a few years, three bottlenecks on the eastern borders of the European Union will have been removed, thanks in part to the persistent efforts of many organisations working together, campaigning and lobbying for canals, waterways and inland navigation. First to...
by David Edwards-May | May 21, 2012 | Inland water transport, New waterways, Policy, Waterway funding
Barge owners and operators will contribute up to half of the cost of building the 106km long Seine-Nord Europe canal through the toll levied by the canal’s future private-sector operator. Two approaches were discussed at a meeting on April 18 in Ghent, bringing...
by David Edwards-May | May 3, 2012 | New waterways
South Korea will soon be celebrating completion of the 19km long Gyeong-In Waterway from the river Han west of the capital Seoul to the Western Sea just north of the port of Incheon. The canal has been in operation for nearly a year, but we have just heard that the...
by David Edwards-May | Apr 15, 2011 | Cultural & industrial heritage, New waterways, Waterfront regeneration, Waterway restoration
The first stop of IWI’s tour of Bohemia and Saxony, on Thursday 7th April, 2011, was half way along the route of the Saale-Elster Canal. For a canal on which works stopped in 1942, the completed part offers all the appeal of a well-maintained inland waterway....