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Net Zero Marine Services is due to install the system at West India Pier, with another to follow in central London.

A shore power station for vessels using the tidal Thames is to come on stream in 2023 in a deal engineered by the Port of London Authority.

Each Christmas Maritime UK writes a year-end review, highlighting key activity and developments for the sector. This year shows a considerable amount of progress by Maritime UK and its members, as well as in close partnership with government. We hope you enjoy looking back over the year and look forward to working together in 2022. ...

River charity Thames21 collected sonar and laser scans of the riverbed in west London, as part of work to build a new super sewer.

Waste-carrying Thames tug boats switch to biofuel as Cory plots course to net zero Bea Tridimas Share The tugboats ferry household waste down the Thames to an energy recovery facility | Credit: Cory Waste management companys boats on the Thames to run on greener fuel that it claims can reduce CO2 emissions by 90 per cent Tug boats which ferry household waste down the River Thames to feed a power plant in east London are set to run on biofuels, with waste management firm Cory claiming the switch...

IAPH World Ports Conference: European Ports in favor of globalization and free trade Due to the coronavirus pandemic, this year’s IAPH World Ports Conference is being held from June 21 to June 25, 2021, in a hybrid, mostly digital format. The IAPH Regional Session Europe was held on June 21 as part of the international conference’s agenda. Not only European IAPH members, but also participants from around the world attended this time. The session focused on supply chain resilience and the po...

Port of London Authority commissions study on future energy demand The Port of London Authority (PLA) has awarded a contract to Royal HaskoningDHV to model the future of energy demand and supply on the tidal Thames as part of its plans to become a zero-carbon port. As announced last year, the PLA last wants to achieve Net Zero by 2040, or earlier. Chief Executive Robin Mortimer says that the new study is essential to ensure that the port remains competitive in the long term, adding that it wou...

Maritime Activity Reports, Inc. Christopher Rodrigues - Credit: PLA The UK Secretary of State for Transport has appointed Christopher Rodrigues CBE as the new Non-Executive Chair of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA), the government agency responsible for preventing the loss of life on the coast and at sea, as well as producing legislation and guidance on maritime matters. Rodrigues brings extensive international experience as a chair of public, private, and government sector bodies in to...

Time to Talk Simply talking can be a lifeline for people experiencing a mental health problem. That’s the message of a new Port of London Authority (PLA) film, produced to mark Time to Talk day (4 February), which aims to get the nation discussing mental health, particularly in the ongoing pandemic. The film, made in partnership with other members of the Tidal Thames Water Safety Forum (TTWSF), along with Maritime UK, is hosted by star of stage and screen, Gary Wilmot MBE. He interviews Menta...

Maritime UK shines a spotlight on Time to Talk about Mental Health Today Time to Talk Day and Maritime UK, the umbrella body for the maritime sector, is urging maritime organisations and individuals to join the conversation about mental health and help end the stigma. Simply talking can be a lifeline for people experiencing a mental health problem. That’s the message of a new Port of London Authority (PLA) film, produced to mark Time to Talk day (4 February), which aims to get the nation disc...