PLA News Releases

UK shipping minister, Jim Fitzpatrick MP, today opened a three-week exhibition on the history of the Port of London Authority (PLA) at Museum of London Docklands. The event was held 100 years to the day since the PLA was formed.

Newly appointed shipping minister, John Hayes MP, made his first visit to a port since taking up his new role when he visited the Port of London Authority’s (PLA) Gravesend base today (Wednesday, 23 July).

Identical training sister ships – last together more than 15 years ago – have been reunited in central London thanks to the Port of London Authority (PLA) and Canal & River Trust.

The countdown is on to Rendez-Vous 2017 Tall Ships Regatta that will celebrate 150 years of the Canadian Confederation in a breathtaking sail from the shores of Royal Greenwich to the heart of Quebec. Royal Greenwich will be the first host port for the race to Canada and, with over 8 miles of riverfront set against a backdrop of historic buildings and majestic parks, there will be plenty to see and do during the rally-point for the fleet of Tall Ships over Easter weekend 2017

Smart Pension, one of the UK’s leading workplace pension providers, partners with Port of London Authority as sponsor for its British Ports Association annual conference 2023.

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.

The Port of London Authority (PLA) recently stepped in and took nature boffin James Harding-Morris to its mid-Thames island, Oliver’s Ait, to help him on a year-long, countrywide search to see every one of the UK’s 100-plus species of land snail. And he was definitely on the right track, finding the Thames Door Snail (Alinda biplicata).

To mark Father’s Day (19 June), a father-son duo from Kent has been charting what inspires them both to work for the Port of London Authority (PLA) keeping the tidal river’s larger, visiting vessels safe.

Speedboat captains fined for dangerous navigation

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.