PLA News Releases
2019
![Strong demand for Greening Inland Shipping Conference places](https://server1.pla.co.uk/assets/plageneralviews070519381.jpg)
More than 200 people have so far booked to attend London’s first Greening Inland Shipping conference at The Crystal, London on Tuesday, 10 September, with registration for places set to close in a week’s time.
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After 316 hours of cycling and 79 beach cleans, Kiko Matthews finished her mammoth coastline bike ride – Kik-Plastic – with a “beach clean” in London.
Read more![Kicking back – 7,000km plastic pollution crusade concludes on the tidal Thames](https://server1.pla.co.uk/assets/kikomatthewsfinalbeachclean28071913.jpg)
Identical training sister ships – last together more than 15 years ago – have been reunited in central London thanks to the Port of London Authority (PLA) and Canal & River Trust.
Read more![Sister ships reunited after Port of London Authority steps in](https://server1.pla.co.uk/assets/rigel1jpg.jpg)
London’s Deputy Mayor for the Environment, Shirley Rodrigues, has been announced as one of the main speakers for the capital’s first Greening Inland Shipping conference at The Crystal, London, on Tuesday 10 September.
Read more![Deputy Mayor for Environment heads Greening Inland Shipping Conference line-up](https://server1.pla.co.uk/assets/expo1.jpg)
Four recently-qualified watermen will battle it out on the River Thames in central London on 4 September in the annual Doggett’s Coat and Badge Wager, the oldest rowing race in the world, started in 1715.
Read more![2019 line-up revealed for historic race for River Thames apprentices](https://server1.pla.co.uk/assets/pladoggetts170725wm24-1.jpg)
It’s all in a day’s work for the custodians of the world-famous River Thames, after nearly 70 dumped shopping trolleys were recovered in ONE DAY.
Read more![Supermarket heap: trolley haul uncovered during South London foreshore clean-up](https://server1.pla.co.uk/assets/trolleys2.jpg)
Enhancement of riverside public open space along the Thames and other UK rivers, for people and wildlife, is highlighted in updated guidance for planners and developers, now available online for the first time.
Read more![Estuary edges guidance for developers goes online](https://server1.pla.co.uk/assets/webhomepage.jpg)
A new wave of investment, funded by the Port of London Authority (PLA), is helping clubs up and down the tidal Thames get more people involved in sport on the river.
Read more![Extra funding flows for watersports clubs on tidal Thames](https://server1.pla.co.uk/assets/plasportsgrant-main.jpg)
The Port of London Authority (PLA) is reporting strong interest in London’s first Greening Inland Shipping conference and exhibition, taking place on 10 September at The Crystal, London.
Read more![Strong take-up for London's first Greening Inland Shipping event](https://server1.pla.co.uk/assets/inland1.jpg)
A pontoon, funded by the Port of London Authority (PLA), is helping the growing membership of Benfleet Yacht Club (BYC) set sail safely.
Read more![Benfleet Yacht Club buoyed by new pontoon](/assets/milesonbycpontoonwithrower.jpg)