Two-year repair for Slaithwaite Reservoir
Slaithwaite Reservoir, which supplies water to the eastern side of the Huddersfield Canal, is about to undergo a two-year repair programme.
Initially monitoring equipment will…
18 May 2021
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Rothen Group scoops engineering awards for Mancetter Marina
The Rothen Group has won prizes in two categories at the Institute of Civil Engineering West Midlands Awards 2021 for its work constructing Mancetter Marina on…
17 May 2021
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Hire Boat Code is revised and strengthened
British Marine and the Association of Inland Navigation Authorities announced the release of a revised Hire Boat Code in May to ensure the continued safe…
17 May 2021
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Aire & Calder to reopen by August after £3m repair
The Canal & River Trust says the breach on the Aire & Calder Navigation should be repaired and the canal reopened by mid-August, at a…
12 May 2021
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Ortomarine announces electric narrowboat performance trials
Advanced narrowboat builder Ortomarine has announced the UK’s first propulsion performance trial for electric and diesel narrowboats.
In a one-day mass test on 29th May…
10 May 2021
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Planning approval for next stage of Chesterfield restoration
The Chesterfield Canal Trust hopes to start work on the next 1½ miles of restoration by the end of this year, after local councils approved…
10 May 2021
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Historic Thames boatyards destroyed by fire
The Dunkirk Little Ship Lady Gay was one of several vintage and historic vessels lost when two Grade-II listed boatyards on the River Thames were…
04 May 2021
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Tribute for CRT licensing ranger who died in attack on Aylesbury Arm
The Canal & River Trust has paid tribute to one of its staff who died after being attacked on the towpath of the Grand Union…
30 April 2021
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Solution in sight for Bridgwater Docks
Bridgwater Town Council has said it is willing to take over the running of Bridgwater Docks, at the seaward end of the Bridgwater & Taunton…
30 April 2021
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EA updates mooring terms for non-tidal Thames
The Environment Agency has released new terms for its short-stay mooring sites on the non-tidal River Thames.
Management of EA moorings was contracted out, with…
29 April 2021
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Thames weir to be replaced over flooding concerns
The Environment Agency has warned Godstow Bridge weir on the River Thames must be replaced as a matter of urgency over fears it could stop…
22 April 2021
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