by David Edwards-May | Sep 4, 2018 | Uncategorized
All boat owners, especially those who live aboard their boats, with gas appliances, will be interested in a new initiative by BWML. From 17th to 23rd September, organisations from across the UK will be working together to raise awareness on the dangers of gas and how...
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...
by David Edwards-May | Apr 11, 2018 | Policy, Recreational waterway dimensions
Plastics in our oceans are an issue that is receiving increasing attention worldwide. All who navigate on our inland waterways have their role to play in preventing plastic wastes from entering any water body. Plastic wastes on great rivers like the Yangtze or the...
by David Edwards-May | Mar 1, 2018 | Waterfront regeneration, Waterway funding, Waterway management, Waterway personalities, Waterway restoration, Waterways promotion, World Canals Conference
IWI has established itself as a ‘place to be’ at the world’s biggest boat show, BOOT Düsseldorf, thanks to the generous conditions offered by Messe Düsseldorf. The prototype of our dedicated Inland Waterways Pavilion was set up and staffed by Council...
by David Edwards-May | Nov 3, 2017 | Cultural & industrial heritage, Recreational waterway dimensions, Waterfront regeneration, Waterway funding, Waterway management, Waterway restoration, Waterways & transport policy, World Canals Conference
The recent World Canals Conference in Syracuse, NY, was a great success, with more than 350 delegates from 12 countries. I took part in a pre-conference ‘Tour the Towpath’ cycling rally on September 23-24, followed by IWI’s Annual General Meeting on...
by David Edwards-May | Jul 11, 2017 | Inland water transport, New waterways, Policy, Waterways & transport policy
The new French government plans to ‘pause’ 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 | Feb 12, 2017 | Personal, World Canals Conference
We are sad to announce that Carol Manchester, an active IWI member for many years, died in Fall River, Nova Scotia, Canada, on Monday, February 6, 2017 at the age of 78. She worked for many years at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography and Corrections Canada before...
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 | Nov 14, 2016 | Cultural & industrial heritage, Personal, Policy, Recreational waterway dimensions, Waterway personalities, Waterway restoration, Waterways & transport policy
American adventurer Charles Hedrich recently completed an extraordinary voyage, rowing throughout the French waterway system. Between late May and the end of October 2016, he covered 3000 km of canals and river navigations, passing through more than 500 locks. The...
