PLA News Releases

Public access to documents charting the history of the River Thames and London’s Docks over nearly 250 years has been secured for at least another decade - in a new agreement between the Port of London Authority (PLA) and the Museum of London.

The PLA has launched a second film to help rowers use the tidal Thames safely

Successful ship trials at London’s new unaccompanied roll-on/roll-off terminal at Tilbury2

Access for larger vessels to onshore power points to boost air quality and reduce noise

‘Paddlers’ taking to the Thames have a new safety bible to turn to: the “Paddling Code” (Paddling on the Tideway – A Code of Practice for Paddling on the Tidal Thames) produced by the Port of London Authority, working with British Canoeing and several Thames based paddling organisations.

A new publication out now highlights the diversity of the port terminals and wharves on the River Thames.

Anthony Fletcher has been appointed head of information technology at the Port of London Authority.

Heidi Alexander has named the latest addition to the PLA fleet of vessels that survey the bed of the tidal Thames, at a ceremony on Tower Pier.

An anchor, believed to date back to the late 1800s, recovered from the Thames riverbed near Gravesend by the Port of London Authority is being renovated at Chatham Historic Dockyard, ahead of going on public display.