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The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has today (18 August 2021) started its formal consultation on a draft Port of London Authority (PLA) Harbour Revision Order (HRO).
Read more![Port of London Harbour Revision Order formal consultation starts](https://www.pla.co.uk/assets/one-london-gateway-1170x600.png)
Brandon Cripps, from Hoo in Kent, has secured a contract with the Port of London Authority, just two months into a temporary placement, funded by the government’s Kickstart programme, designed to help unemployed young people build long-term careers.
Read more![Brandon’s Thames career kickstarted](/assets/brandon-cripps-gravesend-1170.png)
The Port of London Authority is urging anyone with an interest in the tidal Thames to get online and share their views on the future of the tidal Thames, with just seven days until its initial engagement period on the river development framework closes.
Read more![Have your say on tidal Thames’ future – one week left](/assets/evan-simkus-pilot-port-of-london.png)
Robert Courts MP meets workers who have helped kept trade flowing through the UK’s biggest port during the pandemic.
Read more![Minister climbs the ladder to mark Maritime Safety Week](/assets/210705-robert-courts-mp-on-pla-pilot-training-ladder-1170x800.png)
The Port of London Authority is working with property developers, London & Regional, and the Royal Docks Team to deliver the first new shipyard on the Thames for over a century at Albert Island in the London Borough of Newham.
Read more![Plans for London’s first new shipyard in a century](/assets/albert-island-shipyard-700.png)
An NHS trust has become the first in the country to pilot a daily riverboat delivery service as part of plans to reduce its carbon footprint.
Read more![First NHS trust pilots riverboat delivery service](/assets/ceva-logistics-rep.png)
The Port of London Authority (PLA) is inviting anyone with an interest in the tidal Thames to get involved and help shape Thames Vision 2050, an updated framework for development of the 95 miles of river from Teddington Lock to the North Sea
Read more![Future of the tidal Thames: Have your say](https://server1.pla.co.uk/assets/pla-tvc-jasonhawkes-with-permission-do-not-reuse-1170x784.png)
We have awarded a contract to model the future of energy demand and supply on the tidal Thames as we look to shape the zero carbon port for the future.
Read more![New study commissioned as London targets zero carbon port](/assets/dji0071-hdr-edit-copyright-mark-dillen-skyshark-media.png)
“Kickstarters”, recruited by the Gravesend-based Port of London Authority (PLA), as part of a Government scheme to help unemployed young people, travelled up the River Thames to meet the employment minister, Mims Davies MP, at Westminster (10 May).
Read more![Kickstarters' river trip to meet employment minister](/assets/kickstarters-group-shot-bf-2.png)
Port of London Authority chairman, Christopher Rodrigues CBE has been appointed by the Secretary of State for Transport as the new non-executive chair of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA).
Read more![Christopher Rodrigues appointed chair of MCA](/assets/christopher-rodrigues-585x300.png)