Foodie Afloat book
Congratulations to IWI Council member Di Murrell on winning the prestigious Sophie Coe Memorial Prize for Food History, at the Oxford Symposium for Food and Cookery, on July 7. Her essay entitled ‘Food...
View ArticleWorld Canals Conference next week in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China!
Corporate member the Foreign Affairs Bureau of Yangzhou invites international and national delegates to the first edition of the annual World Canals Conference to be held in Asia, on September 25-27....
View ArticleWCC adopts Groningen Declaration
More than 200 waterway experts, managers and advocates attended the World Canals Conference at Groningen (Netherlands). The full programme of conference sessions with speakers from many countries...
View ArticleYangzhou conference photo record
Following the successful World Canals Conference in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China, on September 25-27, the organisers plan to publish a collection of photos to show Yangzhou in the eyes of foreign delegates...
View ArticleAGM in Toulouse
IWI’s Annual General Meeting was held in Toulouse on September 15 at the World Canals Conference venue, the Espaces Vanel. This view shows council member and regular contributor to our publications...
View ArticleTribute to Glenn Millar
See on IWI’s blog a tribute to Glenn Millar, economic development manager at the Canal and River Trust, who sadly passed away on 29 September 2013, after a long illness. Glenn was IWI’s contact at...
View ArticleRegister now for WCC 2014 in Milan!
The 27th World Canals Conference is to be held in Italy for the first time, and will be based in one of the ‘birthplaces’ of European canals: Milan, from Monday 1st to Thursday 4th September 2014. The...
View ArticleSeine-Nord project still alive
The Pauvros report on reconfiguration of the Seine-Nord Europe Canal was presented to the French Government on December 18. The cost is reduced from more than €7 billion to €4.7 billion by a series of...
View ArticleWorld Canals Conference in Milan
Member Navigli Lombardi is hosting the 27th World Canals Conference in Milan on September 1-4. Sign up for the Conference and the pre- and post-conference tours. Also read background news and features...
View ArticleRegister for World Canals Conference in Ghent
Registrations are now open for the exciting World Canals Conference in Ghent, Belgium, on September 7-10. Registration page Abstracts of papers proposed for presentation at the conference (plenary or...
View ArticleInland water transport focus at Korea conference
Inland waterways are now frequently being discussed as an issue under the overall theme of water and water resources. This is confirmed at the upcoming 7th World Water Forum, to take place in Daegu,...
View ArticleEuropean partners admire CRT’s new technology
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...
View ArticleConcerns for Finow Canal
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...
View ArticleIran plans 1500km long canal
Canals have always been tools of geopolitics as well as the economy in the Middle East. They played a major role in the submerged cities of Thonis-Heracleion and Canope in Egypt, more than 2500 years...
View ArticleMike Reid, co-founder and treasurer
We are very sad to inform members that our recently retired treasurer, co-founder Mike Reid, died on Thursday 19th May at his home in West Sussex. Although he had been ill for several years, the news...
View ArticleEnlarged Panama Canal opened
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...
View ArticleCRT publishes EU’s Numericanal results
The Canal and River Trust (UK) has published the final results of the Interreg IV B programme conducted by six partners across Europe. See earlier post about a key visit made by the partners to the...
View ArticleAdventurer completes long voyage on French waterways
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...
View ArticleSeine-Nord Europe Canal funding crisis
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...
View ArticleFrench partners agree on new canal 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...
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