The COMMERCIAL BOAT OPERATORS ASSOCIATION seeks the furtherance and development of freight traffic on the inland waters of this country.
It is open to membership from: Traders - Operating boats and or freight facilities. Associates - Persons who agree with the above objective. For more information on membership e-mail or write to: CBOA Membership Secretary, 5 Weston Avenue, Leighton Buzzard, Beds. LU7 4QY Today our 19th Century waterway system is seeing a renaissance.More people than ever before are using the canals and waterwaysfor holidays and recreation. Consider These facts:- Half a million people have holidays on canals each year. Canals pass through the centre of towns and cities, many of whichare actively promoting their canalside environments, such asLondon, Birmingham, Milton Keynes, Nottingham and Manchester. On any weekend throughout the year thousands of people flock towaterside locations to walk, look, photgraph and enjoy thefacilities of numerous waterside pubs, restaurants and historic attractions. Britsh Waterways, who at present control over 1500 miles of inland waterways, are actively promoting the public awareness ofthis system. Local media, in particular regional Television news, have arecord of covering items combining both local businesses andwaterways. The CBOA actively promotes the commercial use of this NationalAsset, its membership already includes many non-trade associates. IF YOU WANT AN ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORT MODE THAT WILL... Improve your green image, Put your brand or company name before the public in a new way, Be seen as conserving Britain's heritage. CANAL TRANSPORT IS ENVIRONMENTALLY GOOD It keeps heavy goods vehicles off already congested urban and rural roads. IS LOW ON POLLUTION Fuel consumption is small because water transport offers a'frictionless' form of transport. Noise pollution, too, is muchreduced. IS FASTER THAN YOU THINK Remember the Hare and the Tortoise. Provided goods arrive when they are wanted it is not important how long they take to arrive,especially when vessels are providing a valuble advertising service. IS A GOOD THING TO GET YOUR NAME ON Be seen by the public. It provides a unique opportunity to floatyour advertising slogan past thousands of people in a most memorable way whilst they are relaxing. IS SENSIBLE DISTRIBUTION Waterways offer a reliable and smooth service for delivery and act as floating warehouses in the supply chain. Tuesday, January 9th, 2007 --- In [email protected], "John and Ann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No - Freight, but remember this freight started c1780 ! > > John > > so unlike here in NY USA were even the erie canal has a practical > application to move bulk freight...why do narrow british canals > exist? Irrigation? > the last of our narrow canals ran in 1931...in betheham PA USA for > coal > > -- In canals-list@ <mailto:canals-list%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com, > "sean neill" <sneill@> wrote: > > > > If you do a web search for CBOA (Commercial Boat Operators' > Association) > > or look at Waterways World, which has a section on carrying news > every > > month you'll see what is happening - it's only really on large > rivers, > > especially in the north-east, that barges can carry enough (200+ > tons) > > to outweigh the speed differential. Even in the canal age, the > canals > > built mainly to carry agricultural loads (as opposed to coal and > > manufactures) weren't profitable. > > > > Sean > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
