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Trade
News releases relating to Thames trade developments and investments by terminal operators.
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The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2022 prohibit Russian ships, and other ships specified by the Secretary of State for Transport, from entering ports in the United Kingdom.
Read more![Prohibition of Russian vessels](/assets/evan-simkus-aerial-800x.png)
The former First Sea Lord and chief of naval staff, Admiral Sir Philip Jones has joined the Board of the Port of London Authority (PLA) as a non-executive director.
Read more![Admiral Sir Philip Jones joins PLA Board](/assets/phillip-jones-2000x.png)
Carbon-cutting concrete is helping re-activate an east London wharf, acquired by the Port of London Authority to grow the use of the tidal Thames for freight.
Read more![Wharf’s green future firming up](/assets/concrete-keltbray-pouring-2000x.png)
Four more mariners with global experience have joined the Port of London Authority (PLA) to help ensure continued navigational safety for vessels visiting the UK’s busiest port.
Read more![New trainee pilots recruited to support tidal Thames trade](/assets/pilots-feb2022-1170x800.png)
New biofuel storage tanks, installed by the Port of London Authority (PLA) on the Thames in Gravesend, are accelerating an ambitious plan to halve its carbon emissions.
Read more![New tanks for cleaner fuels speed PLA progress towards Net Zero](/assets/hvo-tank-in-mid-air-1170.jpg)
State-of-the-art, air traffic control communication technology, developed by Rohde & Schwarz, is helping the Port of London Authority improve navigational safety of visiting vessels on the tidal river Thames.
Read more![Smarter navigational technology for a busier river](/assets/vts-rs-comms-system-2000x.jpg)
Construction teams are busy preparing two east London wharves to return to operation in 2022, in a £2.6 million programme of essential improvement works for the Port of London Authority (PLA).
Read more![Latest PLA investment prepares east London wharves for return to operation](https://server1.pla.co.uk/assets/julespipe2019.jpg)
Major building works at the UK’s largest grain terminal at the Port of Tilbury reaches a milestone with the construction of ten new giant metal grain silos. The works got underway earlier this year following a fire* in 2020 which damaged part of the concrete silo.
Read more![Tilbury’s Grain Terminal completes metal silo rebuild](https://www.forthports.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Tilbury-Grain-Terminal-1-1484x834.jpg)
A range of financial incentives which make it economically attractive for businesses to locate at Thames Freeport will apply from today (19 November).
Read more![Financial incentives for businesses to locate at Thames Freeport start today](https://server1.pla.co.uk/assets/freeportcontainers.jpg)
The Port of London Authority is leading a consortium of eight organisations in a ground-breaking development project looking at the scope to establish a national hydrogen highway network, integrating land, sea and port.
Read more![PLA-led consortium wins funding for Hydrogen Highway project](/assets/maps-robin-robert.png)