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News releases relating to Thames trade developments and investments by terminal operators.
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Tarmac, the UK’s leading sustainable construction solutions business, has committed to a 25-year partnership with the Port of Tilbury, London’s fastest-growing port, to build the UK’s largest construction materials aggregates terminal.
Read more![Tarmac, Forth Ports to create UK’s largest construction materials terminal](https://www.forthports.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/T2-CMAT-2-WEB-size.jpg)
The Port of London Authority has taken full control of Estuary Services Limited, the company that provides a boarding and landing service for pilots joining and leaving ships trading to and from the ports of London and Medway, after acquiring the Peel Ports 50% interest in the business.
Read more![Port of London Authority takes 100% ownership of Estuary Services Limited](/assets/eslmg3149-1170.png)
The Port of London was the biggest port in the UK in 2020, handling 47.4 million tonnes of cargo, ensuring that essential supplies were delivered uninterrupted to supermarkets, factories, forecourts and hospitals.
Read more![Port of London: Vital pandemic supply line](/new_site_assets/images/default_news.jpg)
Recruitment of experienced master mariners to become specialist Thames navigational pilots is helping the Port of London Authority keep river trade flowing.
Read more![More recruits to keep river trade flowing](/assets/new-group-pilots.png)
The bid consortium promoting the Thames Freeport has lodged their comprehensive bid with the Government for a digitally-linked economic zone connecting Ford's world-class Dagenham engine plant, the global ports at London Gateway and Tilbury, large development employment areas and many river communities in need of regeneration.
Read more![Thames Freeport lodge bid with Government](/assets/lgw-aerial-photo.png)
Safeguarded wharf back in action in triple dose of good news for freight on the tidal Thames
Read moreSue Mackenzie has joined the Port of London Authority (PLA) as a non-executive director replacing Helen Deeble, who has retired from the PLA Board at the end of her six-year term.
Read more![Sue Mackenzie appointed to Port of London Authority Board](/assets/suemackenzie.jpeg)
The Port of Tilbury and FM Conway announced that they have extended their agreement for a further five years to load aggregate for FM Conway’s Theale facility.
Read more![FM Conway doubles Port of Tilbury bulk operation](https://www.forthports.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Train-5.jpg)
The Port of Tilbury and ADM Erith have successfully launched a twice-daily coastal barge operation to deliver thousands of tonnes of oilseed rape from the port’s grain terminal along the River Thames to ADM Erith’s processing facility.
Read more![Port of Tilbury begins water-borne coastal deliveries for ADM Erith](/assets/polla-rose-on-the-thames-forth-ports-1170.png)
The Port of London Authority (PLA) and Thames Estuary Growth Board have welcomed the official opening of the Freeports competitive bidding process by the Government, saying that a successful Thames Freeport bid would be transformational for community opportunity and economic development.
Read more![Thames Freeport bid welcomed as transformational](/assets/gatewayandcreek15061935-1170.jpg)