Tag: Port of London

An £80,000 network of air pollution monitors, funded by the Port of London Authority, is now in place, ready to record the effect of emissions locally from cruise ships docking in Greenwich this summer. The eight monitoring stations are located close to the Greenwich Ship Tier landing stage. They will capture data all day long, with the raw data available at the websites of both the PLA and Breathe London.

Trade through the Port of London reached 53.2 million tonnes during 2018, an amount that was last seen more than ten years ago. This increase was mainly due to strong rise in containerised cargoes, especially at the newest container terminal on the river, DP World London Gateway, which attracted several new services.

Heidi Alexander, the Deputy Mayor of London for Transport, has named the latest addition to the Port of London Authority f of vessels that survey the bed of the tidal River Thames. This ship aims to ensure that the is safe for freight and passenger vessels, as well as recreational river users.

The Port of London Authority and a tugboat captain are facing criminal charges seven years after the tugboat capsized in the river Thames and the engineer drowned due to lack of safety measures.

The Port of London Authority has ordered the UK’s first hybrid pilot boat, as it publishes the final version of its Air Quality Strategy for the tidal Thames. The order is aligned with one of the 18 proposals for action, which is no other than the installation of green technology to improve environmental performance.

The Port of London Authority launched an Investment Plan to accelerate the delivery of the goals in the Thames Vision. The plan is to target three broad categories: commercial investments supporting river/port use; long term investments with a long payback period, which also deliver public benefits; and public benefit investments.

On 5 October 2016, a Port of London Authority sea pilot was in the process of boarding the Bahamas registered general cargo vessel 'Sunmi' from the pilot launch 'Patrol' when he fell and got crushed between the two vessels. The UK MAIB issued an investigation report on the accident.

The Port of London Authority (PLA) has launched a new safety campaign on ‘Human Factor’ which is based on UK MCA’s ‘Deadly Dozen‘. The Port Authority focuses on this important issue following analysis of incident data which revealed that it has been the leading cause of navigational incidents on the tidal Thames in the last two years.

The Port of London has announced that the trade in 2016 reached the highest this decade, rising 10% to top 50 million tonnes for the first time since 2008. The strong performance reflects continued growth at terminals along the Thames.

The London Tilbury Seafarers Centre, which now offers a new 24-hour lounge for seafarers after a major refurbishment programme has officially reopened by Port of London Authority (PLA) Chairman Christopher Rodrigues.