PLA News Releases

New river transport service starts

The Port of London Authority (PLA) has unveiled its latest film at the perfect venue – Britain’s biggest jobs and careers event.

Hull structures have been completed on CTruk's construction of a new 17m. survey catamaran for the Port of London Authority (PLA).

The Port of London Authority (PLA) has created three new posts to enhance safety on the tidal Thames.

As London International Shipping Week starts (Monday, 7 September), new Port of London Authority (PLA) data shows the tidal Thames is thriving, both economically, with over 40,000 jobs linked to port operations, and also in terms of its amenity value, which is worth over £100 million in health benefits for residents alone who enjoy 10 million bike rides and walks on the towpath every year.

The Port of London Authority (PLA) has appointed its first ever river manager on the upper reaches of the tidal Thames.

Rowers on the Thames are set to benefit from a unique new code of conduct for safe rowing on the tidal river, launched today (6 October) jointly by the Port of London Authority (PLA) and the Thames Regional Rowing Council (TRRC).

As Maritime Safety Week kicks off, the Port of London Authority (PLA) has called on people taking their boats on the Thames to step up vigilance and avoid the ‘side effects’ of neglect, in a bid radically to reduce the number of breakdowns on the river.

A new water safety guide for residents living close to the tidal Thames has been issued to mark the Royal Life Saving Society’s Drowning Prevention Week (19-26 June).