Freight

MISSING in action

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June 18, 2025

Jonathan Mosse’s monthly look at freight development on the inland waterways… EQUATING the green shoots of spring with by far and away the greenest form of transport on the planet often appears to be something of a challenge to the minds of our politicians and general policy makers. This might partially be explained by an…
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FREIGHT on the waterways update

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April 23, 2025

Jonathan Mosse’s monthly look at freight development on the inland waterways.BLEATING away on a monthly basis in a waterways magazine about the discrepancies in recognition of modal freight paths in the UK might, on the face of it, appear to be a fairly fruitless and therefore soul-destroying occupation. But is it? Let’s start by saying…
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WATERWAYS FREIGHT: New year, new mindset?

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February 12, 2025

It is estimated that road congestion will cost British business £18 million in 2025, the semi-stationary traffic further exacerbating pollution in urban areas. Jonathan Mosse takes a look at freight development on the inland waterways. IT WOULD be good to use the opportunity that a new year presents to distil signs of positive trends towards…
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GERRY HEWARD: Moving forward

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January 11, 2025

Jonathan Mosse reports… ONCE raised, the two pans – mentioned at the conclusion of last month’s Part 1 introduction to Gerry’s colourful and varied waterways career – were soon mustered behind his girlfriend’s narrowboat that was conveniently passing downstream. The tow, soon opposite Brentford and the Grand Union, was taken up by a surprisingly co-operative…
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FREIGHT DEVELOPMENTS on inland waterways

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December 10, 2024

Jonathan Mosse’s monthly look at freight development on the inland waterways. IT IS my unshakeable belief that the fact that we still have a functional commercial inland waterways system is largely down to individuals and not to the people who are entrusted with running them – the navigation authorities. Wood, Hall & Heward (WHH: a…
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STOURPORT: The clue is in the name!

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November 18, 2024

Jonathan Mosse’s monthly look at freight development on the inland waterways. IN MOST people’s minds, ports have strong coastal affiliations and are unlikely to be poked tidily away up rivers or canals. But 200 or more years ago, the fabric of commerce between Britain and the rest of the world had a very different weave…
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WATER FREIGHT: Natural Road Bypass

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October 21, 2024

Jonathan Mosse reports… WITH the recent appointment of Lord Peter Hendry of Richmond Hill CBE as rail minister – until recently chair of Network Rail – the ongoing fracas surrounding safety at Euston Station has again been drawn into the spotlight. Upheld in one memorable tweet as ‘a Petri dish of chaos’, we are reminded…
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HULL, HELL & HALIFAX: Freight watch

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September 16, 2024

Jonathan Mosse takes a look at freight development on the inland waterways… JOHN Taylor, also known – appropriately, it transpires – as the ‘water poet’, once wrote: ‘From Hull, Hell and Halifax may the Good Lord deliver us’. I am not qualified to speak of Halifax, nor yet of Hell, but I have sailed aboard…
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FREIGHT WATCH: Shades of grey

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August 10, 2024

Jonathan Mosse’s monthly look at freight development on the inland waterways. ON THE face of it, the general election we’ve just had appears to represent massive change at the political level, but that is to ignore those who beaver away behind the scenes, providing consistency in the application of policy and its detailed content. It…
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Call to action: just add water

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December 15, 2023

Jonathan Mosse’s monthly look at freight developments on the inland waterways. SO READS the strapline of the recently published one-page waterways freight promotional document, put out jointly by the Commercial Boater Operators Association (CBOA) and the Inland Waterways Association (IWA) Freight Group. Starting from the premise that people want cleaner air and reduced congestion in…
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It’s a bit odd…

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May 25, 2023

Jonathan Mosse’s monthly look at freight developments on the inland waterways. “WHAT we do is a bit odd” – so goes the summing up of Wood Hall & Heward’s (WHH) commercial manager when pressed to describe the scope of his firm’s activities. First the easy bit: WHH Barges is a specialist in floating plant hire,…
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They’re not making them any more

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April 19, 2023

Jonathan Mosse’s monthly look at freight developments on the inland waterways. “BUY land, they’re not making it anymore”; thus goes a well-known observation attributed to Mark Twain. Much the same thing could be said about ports scattered around the periphery of the United Kingdom. So when confronted by a headline such as: ‘Councillors vote to…
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Monthly look: freight on the waterways

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January 21, 2023

Jonathan Mosse’s monthly look at freight developments on the inland waterways. AT THE end of November, the British Ports Association (BPA) and the UK Chamber of Shipping jointly hosted their annual Scottish Parliamentary Maritime reception in Holyrood, with a sizeable grouping of MSPs, to discuss the sustainability and energy revolution in their sector. Delivering a…
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Levelling up! Freight developments on the waterways

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October 25, 2022

Jonathan Mosse continues his monthly look at freight developments on the inland waterways. I’M BOTH intrigued that Boris has unwittingly stolen my thunder and dismayed in equal measure that he might, by association, have devalued my message. But, on balance, I feel there’s nothing for it but to press on! We’ve recently viewed the burgeoning…
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