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24 results found for '"River navigation"' in Keywords.
Marchioness disaster-Prescott reaction (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Peter Murphy interviews shadow Transport Minister, John Prescott, after the sinking of the Marchioness pleasure boat following a collision with the dredger, Bowbelle, on the River Thames in London...
New safety measures for Thames vessels (1989)
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- Interview
After the interim inquiry into the Marchioness river boat disaster, Bob Crouch of the Thames Passenger Services Federation welcomes new safety measures for vessels on the Thames announced by Transport...
Cecil Parkinson on new Thames safety package for vessels (1989)
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- Interview
Interview with Transport Secretary Cecil Parkinson on the further safety measures for craft using the Thames he announced today following the interim inquiry into the sinking of the Marchioness river...
New Thames bridge-safety should be priority in design (1989)
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- Interview
In the light of the Marchioness river boat tragedy, there’s been calls today for the public inquiry to be reopened into plans for a new bridge across the Thames to the Docklands development site, to...
Stricken Marchioness raised (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Oni Bhattacharya reports on the raising of the pleasure boat the Marchioness which sank with 51 dead after the Bowbelle collided with it on the Thames. Includes interviews with Captain Derek Roberts of the...
Pleasure boat owners look at safety issues (1989)
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- Interview
Alan Woods, from the Thames Passenger Services Association backs proposed changes to improve safety on the Thames including escorts for large vessels following the Marchioness pleasure cruiser disaster....
Models killed in Marchioness disaster (1989)
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- Interview
The managing director of London model agency Synchro says six of her staff attended the party aboard the Marchioness pleasuer cruiser which sank on the Thames after the Bowbelle collided with it. Beth Bolt...
Michael Portillo on Marchioness disaster (1989)
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- Interview
The transport minister, Michael Portillo, speaks to journalists from the scene at Southwark Bridge as the salvage operation continues on the Marchioness pleasure cruiser after it sunk with at least 29 deaths...
Fire service retrieves bodies from wreck of Marchioness (1989)
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- Interview
Camilla Affleck speaks to London Fire Brigade’s Assistant Commander, Rod Howells. He describes the dreadful conditions under which his men had been forced to work to recover the bodies from the sunk...
The Marchioness sinks on the Thames (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
David Jeffery of the Port of London Authority interview on rules of navigation on the Thames and the investigation into the sinking of the Marchioness pleasure cruiser after the Bowbelle collided with it...