Launch of Thames Tunnel Now!
The tidal reaches of the Thames are regularly polluted by sewage discharges from the combined sewer overflows after rainfall.
NABO responds to second NWC consultation
NABO has responded to DEFRA's second consultation on the NWC.
Council nominations for 2011 AGM
Now is the time for you to stand for Council 2011-2012….
BW publishes new guidance for boats without a home mooring
British Waterways (BW) is today publishing updated, more concise mooring guidance for boats without a home mooring.
Canal & River Trust
The transition trustees of the new charity being established to tend 2,000 miles of canals and rivers in England and Wales from April 2012 have today (6 October) announced that it will be called the Canal & River Trust (or Glandwr Cymru in Wales) and have unveiled its new symbol.
Boaters’ open meeting to discuss PLA proposals – 11th October
Boaters have expressed concerns to NABO about the current Port of London Authority consultation on the future management and pricing of River Works Licences for Residential Moorings. As previously reported, Tidal Thames based residential boaters have formed a local representative group OPLAC (the Organisation of PLA Customers), which has been representing the views of many […]
More info on Olympic/Paralympic navigation restrictions
Further details of planned restrictions to navigation in London were released by British Waterways last week, (Waterscape press release here). In effect a zone from Little Venice to the Lea Bridge Road at Hackney Marshes will become a closed area between 03 July and 10 September 2012, with boat transits and movements in that zone […]
NABO adopts PayPal
In order to encourage new membership, at a time when the voice of boaters needs to be heard more than ever, NABO has linked with PayPal™ to allow new members to pay by credit or debit card.
“British Waterways couldn’t even organise …… “
Bob Naylor, a freelance reporter from Devizes went to a meeting in Devizes about the transfer of BW to the New Waterways Charity addressed by David Bruce, President of the Kennet & Avon Canal Trust and came away with a startling report.
Chair people sought for Waterways Partnerships
NABO Chairman, David Fletcher, says that it is vital that the right people are recruited to chair the new Waterways Partnerships being floated by the new waterways charity's transitional trustees.