PLA News Releases
2023
![Have your say on Bexley masterplan for the tidal Thames](/assets/plamasterplanbexley2000x.jpg)
A consultation launched today (10 July) by the Port of London Authority (PLA) gives the public the chance to comment on plans to maximise the benefits of developments affecting the River Thames in the London Borough of Bexley.
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This June, three trainee pilots joined the PLA to start an intensive, six-month course, with more set to follow in their footsteps later this year.
Read more![Three new pilots welcomed on board at the Port of London Authority](/assets/NewPilotsJune2000px.jpg)
On the second day of Maritime Safety Week 2023, the Port of London Authority (PLA) is taking a lead in creating a positive safety culture, announcing its latest safety campaign, Watch Your Wash, to increase awareness of the potential risks of vessel wash and draw-off on river users along the tidal Thames.
Read more![PLA launches new safety campaign Watch Your Wash](/assets/WYWLogo-Blue.png)
Having launched a successful safe access initiative in February this year, Safe Boarding Week, the Port of London Authority (PLA) has welcomed the news that Navigator Thames has commenced work today (3 July), at the start of Maritime Safety Week 2023, to improve safe access at their West Thurrock bulk liquid terminal on the tidal Thames, the UK’s largest, by throughput volume.
Read more![PLA welcomes safer access at Navigator Thames terminal in Essex](/assets/navigator-thames-pres-release.jpg)
A ban on commercial vessels discharging sewage to the tidal River Thames will be enforced by the Port of London Authority (PLA) from 1 July 2024.
Read more![Operators' sewage discharges to tidal Thames must end in next 12 months](/assets/vesseal-opearator-sewage.jpg)
Coinciding with World Hydrography Day (21 June), the Maritime Minister, Baroness Vere of Norbiton, officially named the first fully-electric, remotely operated survey vessel of any UK port, UCL Tamesis.
Read more![Maritime minister names first fully-electric survey vessel](/assets/baronessvereucltamesisnaming-1080x.jpg)
In time for London Climate Action Week (24 June to 2 July), the Port of London Authority (PLA) has announced this year’s Thames Environment Fund, with the news that it has doubled the funding to £50,000 and tripled the maximum amount of each bid to £15,000.
Read more![Double the funding; PLA's Thames Environment Fund 2023 opens](/assets/EnvironmentFund23WhaleCompanyPaddleandPick.jpg)
The Port of London Authority (PLA) presented its refreshed strategy, the Thames Vision 2050, at an afternoon reception at the Palace of Westminster yesterday (5 June) alongside 150 guests, including former maritime ministers.
Read more![Parliamentary launch of Thames Vision 2050](/assets/plachairmanjonsoncoxandnusratghanimp1080x.jpg)
Further work by water companies to tackle sewage pollution of the tidal Thames is to be fast-tracked in a new collaboration, convened by the Port of London Authority.
Read more![“Clean Thames Manifesto” launched](/assets/plastic-on-river-1080x.jpg)
Priya Nair has been appointed a non-executive board director of the Port of London Authority (PLA), with effect from 1 June 2023.
Read more![Priya Nair joins the Port of London Authority Board](/assets/priya-nair-1500x.jpg)