PLA News Releases
2021
![Trolley folly in the Thames at Gravesend](/assets/supermarket-trolly-fraser-gray-trollies-2000w.png)
Shopping trolleys dumped in the River Thames near Gravesend have been retrieved by the Port of London Authority (PLA).
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A major exhibition, now open, brings the history – and future – of the country’s biggest port to life.
Read more![London: Port City – major new exhibition](/assets/molportcitya3landscapergbaw-600.jpg)
A £380,000 upgrade of the Stoneness Lighthouse, on the north bank of the Thames near Dartford Bridge, is close to being completed by the Port of London Authority (PLA).
Read more![Investing in river safety: Light years ahead at Stoneness](/assets/stoneness-lighthouse-1170.jpg)
The Port of London Authority is leading a consortium of eight organisations in a ground-breaking development project looking at the scope to establish a national hydrogen highway network, integrating land, sea and port.
Read more![PLA-led consortium wins funding for Hydrogen Highway project](/assets/maps-robin-robert.png)
Clemence Barbey, from the Port of London Authority (PLA), has been named Apprentice of the Year by the Marine Society.
Read more![PLA's Clemence Barbey named Apprentice of the Year](/assets/pla05032133clemence-2000w.jpg)
The Thames at Greenwich will be centre stage in a major festival of polar environmental science and engineering (28-30 October), supported by the PLA.
Read more![RRS Sir David Attenborough to call at Greenwich](/assets/2021sdaoffhollyheadcoastcreditwillwhatleybas.jpg)
![Active Thames grants to boost watersports](https://server1.pla.co.uk/assets/sailorsatdartfordplasportsgrant-12.jpg)
The Port of London Authority (PLA) will be conducting a training exercise on the Thames in London tomorrow, testing how it would respond to an oil spill in the river.
Read more![Thames training exercise (Friday, 17 September 2021)](/assets/exercise-thames-turmoil-deployment-area.png)
The Port of London Authority's (PLA) harbour masters are asking river users to pay attention to their vessel’s wash and draw-off.
Read more![Setting the standard for seamanship](/assets/rihmond-1080.png)
Boat owners should stay off the booze for a safe bank holiday weekend on the tidal Thames.
Read more![Don’t mix boats and booze this bank holiday](/assets/dont-drink-and-boat.png)