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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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Upgrade for Fazeley Mill Marina
The Rothen Group, a year on from its acquisition of Fazeley Mill Marina, is close to completing a six-figure investment in the 90-berth mooring near…
25 September 2025
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Aquavista gets new owners
Aquavista Watersides and Marinas, the largest UK inland marina chain with 32 sites under its control, has been taken over by a €30bn international private…
24 September 2025
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CRT winter works programme published
In early September the Canal & River Trust published its final works programme for the coming winter.
The full list features 137 individual projects taking…
12 September 2025
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Reed beds soften Nottingham canal bank
In an attempt to bring more wildlife into Nottingham city centre, a series of floating ecosystems are being installed on the Nottingham & Beeston Canal.…
11 September 2025
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Manchester moorers turn breach detectives
A long-standing leak on the Rochdale Canal, which slowly drained a marina in Manchester, seems to have been tracked down by boaters themselves.
For several…
11 September 2025
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Tragedy under boat canopy
A man died on his boat on the Shropshire Union’s Middlewich Arm after carbon monoxide accumulated underneath a boat canopy while the engine was running,…
11 September 2025
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IWA in call for HVO to lead decarbonisation
The Inland Waterways Association has called on the UK government to work on making Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) more readily available, after the Department for…
11 September 2025
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New two-way carrying on the Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation
Commercial carrying continues on the Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation, with two interesting new cargoes starting up.
Casper River & Canal Transport has started a…
08 September 2025
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CRT and Severn Trent in supply and maintenance deal
The Canal & River Trust is supplying water company Severn Trent with some of its dwindling supplies, in exchange for expensive maintenance on its reservoir…
08 September 2025
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Accident report warns of high-speed RIB dangers
The Marine Accident Investigation Board has warned of the dangers of high-speed rigid inflatable boat (RIB) joyrides, especially in the front section of the boats,…
04 September 2025
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