Norman E. Smith
We are sad to report that our treasurer from 2014 to 2024, Norman Edward Smith, died aged 86 on 25th April in Warneton, Belgium. Father of Johanna Taylor-Smith and her late twin brother Martin Smith,...
View ArticleWCC Buffalo: Erie Canal bicentenary
Almost 500 waterway professionals, engineers, experts, enthusiasts, and officials gathered in Buffalo, NY, USA for a highly successful four-day World Canals Conference. WCC 2025 marked the...
View ArticleInland Waterways Pavilion
IWI is supporting a collective effort to relaunch the Inland Waterways Pavilion at BOOT Düsseldorf on 17-25 January 2026. The opportunity is presented by the BOOT organising team in a brochure...
View ArticleWCC 2025 in Buffalo!
View this excellent video inviting waterway professionals, operators, experts and enthusiasts to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Erie Canal at the World Canals Conference in Buffalo, NY, on...
View Article14th Marlog conference in Alexandria
IWI is proud to be partnering with the Arab Academy for Science Technology & Maritime Transport in broadening the scope of the 14th international conference on Maritime Logistics, to take place in...
View ArticleLeipzig seeks original boat passage
The new Lake District south of Leipzig has been aiming at interconnected waters since the start of the open-cast mine reclamation project 30 years ago. Several locks have been opened, as shown on our...
View ArticleRuth Heard RIP
IWI is sad to announce the death of Ruth Heard, a member for many years, and former president of the Inland Waterways Association of Ireland, on 5 October. Ruth was a well respected waterway historian...
View ArticleWCC Buffalo news
IWI's President Sharon Leighton looks forward to seeing members on her home waterway, the Erie Canal, on the occasion of its 200th anniversary, to be celebrated at the World Canals Conference on 21-25...
View ArticleRobin Evans, first CEO of CRT
IWI is sad to report that Robin Evans, who presided over the transformation of British Waterways into the independent Canal & River Trust in 2012, died in early September after a short illness....
View ArticleBaťa Canal extended
Ninety years after it was opened in the Eastern Moravia region of the Czech Republic, the Baťa Canal is being extended for recreational navigation. IWI’s upcoming magazine (issue No. 39) will give...
View ArticleWCC Bydgoszcz success
The World Canals Conference reverted to an on-site event in June 2024 after an on-line version in 2023. The event was based in Bydgoszcz in the Kujawsko-Pomorskie region of Poland, where the Rivers...
View ArticleIWI attends COP27
IWI’s president Rudy Van der Ween attended the 27th UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt, on November 13-15, at the kind invitation of the World Historic and Cultural Canal Cities Cooperation...
View ArticleIWI supports World Rivers Day 2021
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...
View ArticlePIANC declaration on climate change
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...
View ArticleNew president’s inaugural address to members
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...
View ArticleDavid Hilling
We are saddened to report that long-standing member Dr David Hilling MBE, vice-president of the Commercial Boat Operators Association and eminent authority on inland water transport, has died. David...
View ArticleTransport keeps us going
On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 a pandemic and governments worldwide have taken wide-ranging measures to contain the spread of the virus. Inland Waterways...
View ArticleIWI supports climate declaration by PIANC
As a member of PIANC’s Navigating a Changing Climate initiative, IWI supports the association’s Declaration on Climate Change, launched today 10th December 2019, during the Round Table on Resilience at...
View ArticleWCC celebrates China’s Grand Canal
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. At 1863 km long and 2500 years old, the...
View ArticleTowards greener pumping for canals
Partners from across the North West Region of Europe (UK, Ireland, France, Belgium and the Netherlands) met today in Paris to kick off the EU-funded Interrreg project “Green WIN“. The meeting, hosted...
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