PLA News Releases

The invasive quagga mussel (Dreissena rostiformis bugensis), named after a species of zebra because of their striped shell, has been found in the River Thames at Richmond by the Zoological Society of London’s (ZSL) annual survey of the riverbed. Quagga mussels were first discovered in the UK earlier this year during routine water quality testing in the River Wraysbury, near Staines, but have since moved downstream to Richmond, with the potential to spread further.

The Port of London Authority (PLA) has unveiled its new licensing portal.

The former Dartford International Ferry Terminal, recently acquired by the PLA, is the starting point for a new, pollution-reducing trial, ferrying light freight into London by river.

The Port of London Authority (PLA) has appointed Roy Stanbrook as its new harbour master. Roy will head the PLA’s Lower Thames District which stretches along the Kent and Essex coasts from Crossness to the North Sea.

From today Museum in Docklands is to be known as Museum of London Docklands

People living and working near the Thames between Putney and Teddington will be seeing a new type of patrol boat purpose-built for Port of London Authority (PLA) operations on this section of the river.

PLA gears up for 2012