PLA News Releases
2019
![£500,000 boost for greener vessels on the tidal Thames](/assets/boatview4.jpg)
A half-a-million pound grant from the London Mayor's Air Quality Fund will drive work to reduce pollution from boats on the tidal Thames.
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Due for completion in November, the £500,000 project requires the temporary closure of public access to the structure’s walkways, with extensive scaffolding needed to enable the application of 3,500 litres of paint, carefully sourced to meet English Heritage specifications.
Read more![Richmond Lock and Weir 125th birthday refurbishment underway](https://server1.pla.co.uk/assets/richmondlockdrawoff2016.jpg)
A new one-stop shop safety guide for tidal Thames rowers, kayakers, canoeists and stand-up paddle boarders is available from the Port of London Authority (PLA).
Read more![Tidal Thames rowing and paddling safety guide sets sail](https://server1.pla.co.uk/portal/getAsset.cfm?filename=pic.jpg)
HRH The Duke of Cambridge took to the Thames in central London today (21 May) to highlight a new campaign enlisting the public’s help in preventing accidents and self-harm incidents on the tidal river.
Read more![Prince William backs safer Thames campaign](https://server1.pla.co.uk/assets/william7.jpg)
A new 50-metre radar tower at Nortfleet, Kent, is guiding ships in and out of the Port of London.
Read more![Safety firmly on the radar at Northfleet](https://server1.pla.co.uk/assets/whattheylookingat.jpg)
The Port of London Authority (PLA) has acquired Royal Primrose Wharf in East London from property development company, Ballymore.
Read more![Port Authority buys east London wharf](/new_site_assets/images/default_news.jpg)
A jet skier who flouted speed limit and safety rules on the tidal Thames has been fined, following a successful prosecution by the Port of London Authority.
Read more![Speeding jet skier fined after member of the public takes action](/new_site_assets/images/default_news.jpg)
An £80,000 network of air pollution monitors, funded by the Port of London Authority (PLA), is in place, ready to record the affect of emissions locally from cruise ships docking in Greenwich this summer.
Read more![Greenwich ship emissions monitoring underway](https://www.pla.co.uk/assets/viewtocuttysarkportrait.jpg)
A Kent man who recklessly jet skied at speed along the Thames towards central London last summer has been successfully prosecuted at Westminster Magistrates Court (10 April 2019).
Read more![Jet skier fined for reckless Thames folly](/new_site_assets/images/default_news.jpg)
A new £3.5 million dry discharge system at CEMEX Northfleet Wharf is set to secure Thames river traffic and improve building materials throughputs at the site.
Read more![PLA investment at Cemex Northfleet wharf secures river traffic](https://www.pla.co.uk/assets/190412cemexconveyor2.jpg)