THE CANAL & RIVER TRUST ANNUAL REPORT SHOWS PROGRESS DESPITE SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES


Boating numbers and income are up for 2019/20 according to the annual report and accounts published by the Canal & River Trust. The report charts a year when income, volunteering, and spend on the trust’s charitable activities grew to record levels. Income increased by £6.1m to £216.1m and spend on charitable activities increased by £10.9m, with underlying expenditure on maintenance, repairs and infrastructure works continuing to grow.


Whilst boating was put on hold for most during the initial stages of the Covid-19 lockdown, there was a small growth in boat numbers and income from boating and moorings remained at just under 20% of income in 2019/20.


Richard Parry, chief executive at the Canal & River Trust, said that a lot had been achieved in the trust’s eight years. “However this year has been a reminder of the scale of the trust’s core responsibility, with a series of extreme weather events contributing to widespread infrastructure damage and the important role our waterways play within society, both as a network for boating, but also as vital green and blue corridors in our towns and cities,” he said.


This year the trust’s annual public meeting will be hosted online on October 28 with people able to view and submit questions to the chief executive and chair via the Canal & River Trust website.


Download the report at https://bit.ly/2Hiji3e.


CANADIAN GOVERNMENT PUBLISHES NEW MARINE NAVIGATION SAFETY REGULATIONS TO IMPROVE MARITIME SAFETY


The Government of Canada has published new Marine Navigation Safety Regulations 2020, which now apply to commercial vessels of all sizes, including fishing vessels, workboats, water taxis and ferries. The regulations represent a consolidation of nine existing sets of marine safety regulations into a single one that:


– provides clearer and more up to date language on required navigational safety equipment; – requires vessel owners to have equipment to help reduce the risk of collisions that could cause pollution, like oil spills, and threaten endangered marine life, such as whales;


– requires lifesaving equipment that will send emergency signals and provide the vessel’s location; applies to over 23,000 commercial vessels of all sizes; and better aligns with international marine safety standards such as the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea.


Moreover, the new regulations include improved requirements to address important safety issues highlighted by serious marine occurrences, such as the fatal capsizing of the Leviathan II in 2017, after which the Chief Coroner, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada, and the Auditor General all made key safety recommendations.


These include requirements for commercial vessels to have equipment on board to help improve search and rescue efforts as well as for collision avoidance.


Read the new regulations at https://bit.ly/3ngRI5R.


The Report • December 2020 • Issue 94 | 17


Marine News


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