PLA News Releases
2017
![Latest PLA safety campaign targets human error](https://server1.pla.co.uk/assets/plasafetyfactors09051703-small.jpg)
The Port of London Authority launched its latest safety campaign, focused on the Human Factor, at its Annual Stakeholder Forum today (Tuesday, 9 May).
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The Port of Tilbury, London’s major port, has this week been awarded an internationally recognised quality mark – the Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) - issued by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
Read more![Tilbury secures UK’s first AEO accreditation for a multipurpose port](https://server1.pla.co.uk/assets/feb9421.jpg)
As cruising season approaches, the Port of London Authority (PLA) is helping narrowboaters prepare to make the challenging journey between canals and waterways along the tidal Thames.
Read more![Top tips to prepare your Canal boat for the Thames](https://server1.pla.co.uk/assets/20170412130958-narrowboat3-small.jpg)
Greenergy today began road-loading of diesel and heating oil at Thames Oilport, giving it a new and strategically important supply location in the South East of England.
Read more![Greenergy commences diesel and gasoil supply from Thames Oilport](https://server1.pla.co.uk/assets/thamesoilportopening3-small.jpg)
In the first three months of the year, 66 ships calling at terminals on the Thames qualified for the UK’s first port charge discount for cleaner ships.
Read more![Positive early take up of ‘green’ discount on port charges](https://server1.pla.co.uk/assets/mg9181-small.jpg)
The shipping minister, John Hayes MP and deputy mayor of London for Transport, Val Shawcross were among more than 30 business leaders and politicians who joined the Port of London Authority’s first port infrastructure meeting, discussing the road, rail, river and crossing connections needed to unlock the forecast growth of the port over the next 20 years.
Read more![Infrastructure Meeting for Growing Port of London](https://server1.pla.co.uk/assets/arw9925small.jpg)
Online booking capability, provision of more coaching, new clubs and promotional campaigns are set to be at the heart of a new drive to double participation in sports on the Thames over the next two decades.
Read more![New Drive to Double Sporting Numbers on the Thames](https://server1.pla.co.uk/assets/SPORTINGRIVERNEWS.png)
A young man who’s been taken on full time at the Port of London Authority (PLA) is proving that apprenticeships work.
Read more![Port of London apprentice thinks they are an excellent route to work](https://server1.pla.co.uk/assets/apprenticeimage1.jpg)
Shipping Minister John Hayes CBE MP, marked National Apprenticeship Week by joining the Thames Skills Academy’s first event of the year ‘Navigating a Career on the River Thames’ day at Trinity House today.
Read more![Shipping Minister Hails Thames Careers Open Day](https://server1.pla.co.uk/assets/tsa-shippingminister2-1-1.jpg)
A London teenager is set to swap school books for the rigours of the open sea, when she joins a crew for leg one of a transatlantic journey that begins on the Thames at Greenwich.
Read more![Tall Ships Sail Trainees Excited to Sail Away](https://server1.pla.co.uk/assets/drucilla.jpg)