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MS Adeline, the latest addition to CLdN’s fleet of ro-ro freight vessels was christened in a ceremony held on the River Thames on Friday 26th October 2012. Adeline sailed through Tower Bridge to be christened while moored alongside HMS Belfast. Honorary Chaplain to the Royal Navy, Reverend Gordon Warren lead the Christening ceremony from on board the river cruiser Silver Sturgeon, accompanied by the guests of CLdN. The Honourable Ms. Alice Walpole, Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, accepted the role of Godmother to the new ship. and concluded the formal ceremony by naming the ship and breaking a bottle of champagne against the vessel’s hull.

Cruise ship Viking Star passing through the Thames Barrier en-route to Bergen, after her maiden call on the Thames - 13 May 2015.

Just before dawn on the morning of Sunday, 19 October the container ship, Edith Maersk berthed at London Gateway.

Three Royal Navy warships sailed up the River Thames in May 2013 for the start of a six-day visit to London. All three vessels are in the capital to support events surrounding the 70th anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic, the longest military campaign of the Second World War.

The river Thames at Greenwich is hosting the naming of the new CLdN-owned roll-on/roll-off cargo ferry, Amandine. CLdN and Cobelfret are jointly the busiest operator on the Thames, with vessels travelling from their terminal at Purfleet (just upriver of the QEII road bridge) and Ford Motor Company's facility at Dagenham to destinations in Belgium and the Netherlands offering around 40 sailings every week. Cargoes carried on their services include everything from cars and machinery to foodstuffs and supermarket supplies. Amandine, which at 195.4 metres is as long as 19 buses parked nose to tail, will be named by PLA chairman, Helen Alexander, CBE. The vessel is expected initially to be deployed on CLdN's routes between the UK and Rotterdam alongside her sister ships. Guided by a PLA Pilot, Amandine made the voyage from Purfleet through the Thames Barrier to Greenwich in readiness for the Christening Ceremony. Please see the image gallery below for pictures.

Braemar, the second large cruise ship bound for the Royals arrived on the Thames on 13th July. Braemar is sister ship to Gemini, which arrived on 11th July 2012, but 30 metres longer. She is believed to be the largest vessel to enter the Royals in 30, some say 50, years. PLA river pilot John Reid piloted the vessel from Gravesend to the Royals; she was piloted by Bernardo Obando from the North East Spit.

Early on the morning of 24 July 2012, the cruise ship Deutschland travelled along the Thames to West India Dock lock entrance. Piloted by PLA pilots Dave Hocking and Richard Irwin, working with the team at the Canal & River Trust the vessel was slowly reversed into the lock and finally to her berth at South Quay.

Cruise ship Gemini Yesterday arrived on the Thames for the Olympics on 11th July 2012, the inward bound for the Royals.

PLA pilot, Richard Irwin, saw Royal Navy warship HMS Bulwark safely from Gravesend Reach, through the Thames Barrier to her midstream mooring off Greenwich. The ship is on a five day visit to the capital. This photo gallery follows the progress of the ship up river.

On Friday, 13 July 2012, the Royal Navy helicopter carrier, HM Ocean, navigated up the Thames to mooring midstream at Greenwich.