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 départements 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...
by David Edwards-May | Dec 7, 2015 | Cultural & industrial heritage, Policy, Recreational waterway dimensions, Waterfront development, Waterway funding, Waterway management, Waterway restoration
We are unequivocally supporting the efforts by the association Unser Finowkanal to secure the future of this important heritage waterway, bypassed by the modern Havel-Oder Waterway. The Federal Government has declared its intention to close the canal for navigation,...
by David Edwards-May | Dec 1, 2015 | Cultural & industrial heritage, Personal, Policy, Waterway funding, Waterway management
Waterway managers from throughout Europe travelled across the English Channel a few weeks ago for a special visit to see cutting edge technology in action on the UK’s canals. The guests joined the Canal & River Trust – the charity that takes care of 3200 km of...
by David Edwards-May | Feb 16, 2014 | Inland water transport, New waterways, Policy, Waterway funding
Czech president Milos Zeman will be at the European Parliament building in Strasbourg on 26 February 2014, to lobby for inclusion of the Danube-Oder-Elbe water corridors in Europe’s ‘core corridor network’ for transport infrastructure investments....