PLA News Releases
2013
![Vesta Rowing Club Scoops Rowing Safety Prize](/assets/vesta131127wm14-277x220px.jpg)
The Port of London Authority (PLA) recently presented its seventh annual rowing safety awards, with Putney-based Vesta Rowing Club named as overall winner.
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The Port of Tilbury has invested £250,000 into restoring a historical landmark, which features prominently on the Thames skyline.
Read more![Port of Tilbury Restores Historical Landmark](/assets/portoftilbury-cupola-3-277x220px.jpg)
Thames21 is excited to announce the launch of our 4th annual photography competition.
Read more![Capture the Essence of London’s Waterways (Thames21 news release)](/assets/thames21newsrelease-image2-277x220px.jpg)
London Container Terminal in Tilbury announces today (21 November) an agreement with short-sea shipping and logistics specialists Oldenburg-Portugiesische Dampfschiffs-Rhederei (OPDR) to handle over 200 calls per annum.
Read more![Tilbury's London Container Terminal Wins OPDR Service](/assets/portoftilburyimage-cadiz02ndpa-277x220px.jpg)
The largest cargo vessel ever to call at the Port of Tilbury docked at the end of October 2013.
Read more![Port of Tilbury Handles its Largest Cargo Vessel](/assets/mvkoutalianos-277x220px.jpg)
Estuary Services Limited’s (ESL) two new pilot launches were officially named in Ramsgate today (Thursday, 31 October 2013).
Read more![£2 Million Pilot Launches Named](/assets/PLA_ElanElite_WM2_-_277_x_220.jpg)
The River Thames is the latest iconic global location to appear on Street View after the Port of London Authority teamed up with Google UK
Read more![River Thames Joins South Pole and Red Square on Google Street View](/assets/ARW_9850_reduced_-_277_x_220px.jpg)
Four young people have taken the first steps towards a working life on the River Thames, after joining the Port of London Authority (PLA)
Read more![Four Apprentices Start Careers with Port of London Authority](/assets/Apprentices_2103_-_ARW_3637_-_277_x_220px.jpg)
The Port of London Authority (PLA) has announced the appointment of Robin Mortimer as chief executive.
Read more![Port of London Authority Appoints Chief Executive](/assets/robinmortimer_-_277_x_220px1.jpg)
Coleridge’s phrase ‘Water, water everywhere’ is 2013’s theme for National Poetry Day. The PLA and the Poetry School have been collaborating for this year’s celebration.
Read more![Poetry School takes to the Thames](/assets/Poets277.jpg)