Hire business 'faces ruin’ after summer drought
One of the most experienced canal business operators has gone public in appealing to the Canal & River Trust for support, following the near-complete summer-long…
22 October 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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