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New online tool helps marine businesses reduce insurance risks

Haven Knox-Johnston Commercial, the leading insurer for marine businesses, has launched an online tool to help all types of marine businesses judge their exposure to risk. Called Your Benchmark Review, it's an online questionnaire that generates a report for understanding the distinctive risk profile of a business.   Risk management is the essence of insurance, and the key to business stability and long-term continuity. The resulting review is an independent health check that talks businesses through areas of risk that need to be addressed, but can also provide reassurance on…
30 September 2025
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Company gifts for the Chesterfield Canal

Two corporate donations have brightened up the Chesterfield Canal in recent weeks.  At the Hollingwood Hub base of the Chesterfield Canal Trust, the B&Q DIY…
16 October 2025
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Wigan Locks reopen

Two narrowboats finally ended a four-month midsummer stoppage of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal on a dull morning in September. The 21-lock Wigan flight had…
14 October 2025
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CRT launches new litter workboat for Walsall

Walsall Council, frustrated by the amount of litter in the borough’s canals, has funded a new workboat worth £193,000 for the Canal & River Trust.…
14 October 2025
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Chinese to enter European cruise market

Dutch shipbuilder Concordia Damen has started construction of a new river cruise vessel for Century Cruises, one of China’s leading river cruise operators. The vessel…
14 October 2025
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Harecastle Tunnel goes offline

Boaters’ hearts might have skipped a beat upon the news that the Canal & River Trust closed Harecastle Tunnel on 8th October “due to a…
13 October 2025
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Call for urgent reform of boat licensing in consultation report

The reform of boat licensing is urgently needed, according to a new report following a consultation of boaters and other waterway supporters carried out earlier…
13 October 2025
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Next-generation plastic reaches maturity as a narrowboat material

A pioneering plastics manufacturer has formed a new division to separate its growing boat-building business from its origins in everyday-plastics.  Formation Plastics caused a stir…
13 October 2025
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Erie Canal ‘not celebrated’ at World Canals Conference

The 2025 World Canals Conference was held in Buffalo, New York, in September, marking the 200th anniversary of the completion of the first Erie Canal.…
13 October 2025
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Cruise Moor marinas win trophies

The nine family-run marinas making up the Cruise Moor scheme have been celebrating after three of them took awards in the THYA Marina of the…
13 October 2025
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Controversy as T&M marina introduces car parking charges

Visitors to the eastern Trent & Mersey's Barton Marina have reacted with dismay after it introduced car parking charges for the first time from November. …
13 October 2025
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