PLA News Releases
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Listed below is a complete listing of our current news releases (by title).
Mobile phone credits, donated by the Port of London Authority (PLA), are keeping seafarers calling at terminals on the Thames connected with family during the COVID-19 crisis.
Read more![Calls home ease seafarers' lockdown isolation](/new_site_assets/images/default_news.jpg)
More than a thousand Londoners have helped international conservation charity the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) with efforts to conserve marine mammals in the Thames Estuary by spotting more than 2,700 seals, porpoises, dolphins and whales over the past 10 years.
Read more![Canary Wharf is London’s seal watching hotspot](/assets/sealsummary.jpg)
Thames21 is excited to announce the launch of our 4th annual photography competition.
Read more![Capture the Essence of London’s Waterways (Thames21 news release)](/assets/thames21newsrelease-image2-277x220px.jpg)
Activity at port terminals on the River Thames is up - with cargo trade growing by 1.3 million tonnes (3%) in 2014. Total Port of London trade in the year was 44.5 million tonnes.
Read more![Cargo up at Port of London](/assets/5343cargowhole.jpg)
The Port of London Authority (PLA) is ploughing up to £50,000 into marine training on the Thames.
Read moreGrants totalling £40,000 are being offered to organisations working hard to increase participation in rowing, paddling and other sports on the tidal Thames.
Read more![Cash flows for clubs promoting sports on tidal Thames to a wider audience](https://server1.pla.co.uk/assets/elatedyoungrowersgetbacktodryland2.jpg)
Thames rowers have won prize money totalling £2,000 after being judged among the safest on the river.
Read more![Cash for safe rowers](/assets/Rowing.jpg)