PLA News Releases
2021
State-of-the-art, air traffic control communication technology, developed by Rohde & Schwarz, is helping the Port of London Authority improve navigational safety of visiting vessels on the tidal river Thames.
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Volunteer projects tackling litter and invasive non-native species (INNS) on the tidal Thames are getting a helping hand from our new Environment Fund.
Read moreConstruction teams are busy preparing two east London wharves to return to operation in 2022, in a £2.6 million programme of essential improvement works for the Port of London Authority (PLA).
Read moreMajor building works at the UK’s largest grain terminal at the Port of Tilbury reaches a milestone with the construction of ten new giant metal grain silos. The works got underway earlier this year following a fire* in 2020 which damaged part of the concrete silo.
Read moreRiver charity Thames21 has today released data showing a mound created by wet wipes, which has grown to the size of two tennis courts and over a metre tall in the past six years.
Read moreTwo “kickstarter” trainees have secured longer-term contracts with the Port of London Authority (PLA). Following six-month placements as part of the governments Kickstart scheme, Enrik Hoxha, from Gravesend, and Sean Holdforth, from Welling, are both now on the PLA’s payroll.
Read moreA range of financial incentives which make it economically attractive for businesses to locate at Thames Freeport will apply from today (19 November).
Read moreThe romance between one of the Port of London’s first female police officers and a former chief planning officer at Havering Council has been revealed, thanks to a new exhibition at the Museum of London Docklands.
Read moreRobin Mortimer, chief executive of the Port of London Authority (PLA), is looking forward to the tidal River Thames playing its part in delivering Net Zero.
Read moreEsther Johnson, the designer responsible for gifts linked to a major new Port of London exhibition at Museum of London Docklands, took inspiration from her grandfather, a retired Port of London Authority (PLA) public relations officer.
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