Re Your 1) and 2) references, it would be helpful to identify the document and page or paragraph numbers where the references are to be found so they could be considered in context. Maitime 2050 is a massive document that would be more than an inch thick in hard copy. I just noticed that footnote 1 in its Executive summary, says " In Maritime 2050, the maritime sector is considered to include shipping, ports, services, engineering and leisure maritime industries" . The "Clean Marine Plan" is founded on "Maritime 2050", so it is reasonable to conclude that the definition would also apply. The only references to inland waterways in the latter document that I have found, are: at page 20, paragraph 52, the bullet point states: " A Call For Evidence to explore the emissions from vessels operating domestically within the UK, including inland waterways. The aim of this work is to collect a body of evidence that will give a clearer picture of the extent of emissions from domestic and inland waterway vessels." (I seem to recall on this forum that such a consultation did take place, but those who responded found most the questions completely irrelevant or inapplicable to canal boats, being essentially appropriate for seagoing vessels.) The second reference is at page 32, paragraph 96: " The Government has also commissioned a report on Coastal Shipping and Inland Waterway Transport, to better understand the barriers, challenges and market opportunities of Coastal Shipping snd Inland Waterways within the current freight landscape." Clearly there are inland waterways that are navigable by large vessels (the Manchester Ship Canal and large rivers that feed directly into the sea, such as the Thames, Avon and Humber. There are plenty of recreational craft on the Thames in the form of boats that do sight-seeing trips, that never go to sea. As they do not transport cargo, or provide a transport link like the ferry boats, that really only leaves them being used to provide recreation. I well remember that each of the old Woolwich Free Ferry boats on the extremely tidal River Thames, had a copy of its licence in the public area saying that it was licenced to operate between North and South Woolwich. In any event, both documents only relate to what the government would like to happen, and are not legislation per se. My objective in referring to them was only to indicate what is meant by "maritime". N.b. Annex 5 of Maritime 2050 consists of a list of respondents to its call for evidence: six columns spread over three pages. It includes Network Rail, Rolls-Royce, Jaguar Landrover and Visit Wales. Notably absent is anyone obviously connected with the canal network.
