PLA News Releases

William Everard has been appointed to the Board of the Port of London Authority (PLA), the public trust whose responsibilities include ensuring safety of navigation on the tidal Thames.

A panicked dog walker who fell into the Thames while trying to rescue her beloved spaniel, had to be pulled out of the water by a passing Port of London Authority crew.

A £685,000 upgrade of Barrier Gardens Pier in Woolwich by the Port of London Authority (PLA), to make it safer and quieter, will also boost air quality on the Thames.

A student from Graveney School in Tooting has gone afloat for work experience with the Port of London Authority to get a taste for the maritime industry and to learn how the UK’s busiest waterway is kept running safely.

Work to dismantle and remove the old West Street Pier in Gravesend is well underway. The pier was used for a number of years by passengers of the Gravesend – Tilbury ferry. But in 2012 the ferry moved to the renovated Town Pier.

London Gateway’s colossal quay cranes are on their way to the UK’s new deep-water container port.

The twelve 70ft yachts competing in the world's longest ocean race set sail this weekend from Derry-Londonderry heading for Den Helder in the Netherlands, with race finish in London their ultimate destination.