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Inland Waterways Freight Group

IWA has supported the carriage of freight by water since its founding in 1946.

Introduction

The UK’s Inland Waterways provide economic, environmental and social benefits for moving freight.

Read our Campaign page about moving freight by water.

Read more about about the advantages of water transport:

The Inland Waterways Association Policy on Freight on Inland Waterways

Map of the UK’s Inland Waterways

Waterways A to Z

All Party Parliamentary Group for the Waterways: Freight and Sustainability – see the September 2021 meeting

 

[The Photo shows loading sea-dredged sand into Branford Barge Owners’ Farndale H at Albert Dock, Hull – by Jonathan Mosse.  See also the video of the boat out on the Humber Estuary later the same day.]

Freight Opportunities in Scotland

Jonathan Mosse, IWA’s Scotland Representative, reflects on some positive and missed opportunities for freight by water in Scotland.

Coastal Shipping Opportunities in Scotland

Moving Traffic off Scottish roads

Inland Freight on the River Clyde

Lost Opportunities at Perth

 

[The photo shows shipping on the River Clyde in Glasgow – by Jonathan Mosse]