Port of London Authority

Port of London Authority
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	Former headquarters, Tower Hill
Predecessor	Thames Conservancy; London and India Docks Company; Surrey Commercial Docks Company; Millwall Dock Company;
Formation	31 March 1909
Type	Public trust
Purpose	Operation of the Port of London
Headquarters	London River House
Location	Gravesend;
Coordinates	51°26′41″N 0°22′26″E / 51.4447°N 0.3740°E
Region	Kent
Chair	Jonson Cox CBE
Chief Executive	Robin Mortimer
Website	pla.co.uk

The Port of London Authority (PLA) is a self-funding public trust established on 31 March 1909 in accordance with the Port of London Act 1908 to govern the Port of London.^[1] Its responsibility extends over the Tideway of the River Thames and its continuation (the Kent/Essex strait). It maintains and supervises navigation, and protects the river's environment.

The PLA originally operated all enclosed dock systems on the river (except the Regent's Canal Dock), but these have long been closed to commercial traffic, with the exception of Port of Tilbury, which was privatised in 1992. It inherited the private police forces of the companies which had previously run the docks, reorganising them into a single Port of London Authority Police.

^ ^a ^b "The Port of London". The Times. No. 38921. 31 March 1909. p. 10. Retrieved 3 August 2019.

[establishment-1] "The Port of London". The Times. No. 38921. 31 March 1909. p. 10. Retrieved 3 August 2019.

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