Tidal Thames5-Prepress.qxd 9/22/08 9:22 am Page 1 Tidal Thames5-Prepress.qxd 9/22/08 9:22 am Page 2 River News Companies that want to understand how the Thames can help their logistics chain with cargoes as varied as containers, petroleum products, aggregates, recyclables, Comment and food. The Port of London Authority The Port of London Authority is helps these prospective river users investing £2 million in five purpose-built patrol boats. in a variety of ways – we provide There’s no doubt that moving freight Sea Search Solves The first of the catamarans, guidance and support in obtaining which will use less fuel and by water makes good economic as necessary permissions and grants ‘Ghost Ship’ Mystery have lower emissions than its well as environmental sense. predecessors, is being from Government, and we ensure With just one kilogram of oil you manufactured by the safety of their vessels once Coastguards scrambled aircraft and earlier that morning, bound for the Northumberland-based can move 127 tonnes of cargo they’re on the Thames. lifeboats after a yacht motored in from Medway – there had been one man on Alnmaritec Limited. through a kilometre of water. That The port authority expects But our biggest battle for them the sea…with no crew aboard. board. The Royal National Lifeboat same fuel would only move 97 to take delivery of the vessel isn’t on the water – it’s on the shore. The ‘ghost’ vessel was near Red Institution launched rescue craft from next spring. tonnes a similar distance by rail, and Wharves on the Thames have been Sands Towers in the Thames Estuary Whitstable and Sheerness, and four PLA marine engineer Alan 50 tonnes by road. when another craft, the El Bravo II, police vessels motored out into the Cartwright said: “We’ll put this safeguarded from alternative uses new boat through its paces, More and more Of all the carbon dioxide emitted went alongside to investigate. Estuary to join what was now a hunt since 1997, and since 2000 we’ve trialling it in all the duties that in the European Union, water firms are asking us been working with the Mayor of The yacht’s radio was on and its for a missing yachtsman. patrol and pilotage craft are transport accounts for 25 grams for expected to carry out. about moving London, the Greater London engine running but, in a scene Nearly an hour after the coastguards each tonne moved a kilometre, rail reminiscent of the legendary Mary were first alerted, helicopter Rescue “Alnmaritec will then build freight by river – Authority, the London Development any modifications into the emits 41 grams and roads are we’ve had the most Agency and Transport for London Celeste, there were no signs of life. 125 cracked the mystery when its crew remaining four vessels, which responsible for up to 160 grams. to strengthen the protection to Rosie Tapping, from the Maritime spotted the man floating in a dinghy. should be delivered in 2009 enquiries in and 2010.” a decade. That’s why, in an age of soaring safeguard wharves and, as and Coastguard Agency, said: “There The grateful casualty told them he’d fuel prices and greater importantly, to reactivate them for was little initial information to suggest been hauling the inflatable boat environmental awareness, more cargo-handling use where they are where the yacht had come from or behind his yacht when the towing line and more companies are looking vacant. what had occurred to leave the vessel started to come loose. He climbed into to the water. unmanned.” the dinghy to secure it but the line We now have 50 between Fulham Thames coastguards scrambled broke and his yacht, carrying all his The economic and environmental and Erith, with 25 of these upstream their search plane Echo November and emergency equipment, sailed off benefits, the lack of traffic jams, and of the Thames Barrier. the RAF’s helicopter Rescue 125, without him. the certainty of arrival times have They range from Brewery Wharf in already made the tidal Thames the hoping to find vital clues at the scene, Coastguard watch officer Steve Editor: Deptford Creek, handling sand while watch officers at Walton-On- Labouchardiere said: “The man was Doug Kempster UK’s busiest inland waterway. quarried in Essex, to Murphy’s Wharf Design: Naze, Essex, began their own detective located extremely quickly by the Department for Transport figures in Charlton, the largest sea-dredged Eureka Marketing Solutions work to trace the yacht’s recent rescue helicopter. By then he had 020 7801 1480 show that the river moved 59 per aggregates terminal in Europe. Some movements. been adrift for two hours. Although Photographers: cent (2 million tonnes) of all UK are family businesses while others – Samuel Ashfield They discovered the vessel had left extremely cold he was otherwise safe inland waterway traffic in 2006. like Ford and Tate & Lyle – are Ferrari Press Agency Pyefleet Channel near Colchester and well.” John Neligan And this took 200,000 lorry multi-national users. Port of London Authority dive Andy Wallace journeys off London and the South Jeremy Smith As demand to use the river and salvage teams featured in Alderney Maritime Trust East’s busy roads. continues to grow, protecting its Flour Power two prime-time BBC2 Mike Wignall Some of the new business infrastructure is crucial, because documentaries in August and John Hargreaves Britain’s only cane sugar refinery will sugar carbon footprint from the field September. The crews, along Thames Water enquiries we’ve had at the Port of there’s little point moving freight by soon be fuelled by wheat. to the supermarket shelf by around with Wessex Archaeology, were Port of London Authority London Authority come from water if there’s nowhere to bring it filmed surveying and moving London River House Bosses at Tate & Lyle’s Thames base 25 per cent. existing Thames operators – those ashore. ship wreckage which Royal Pier Road plan to get 70 per cent of their power Tate & Lyle has spent the last 16 threatened navigational safety. Gravesend who want to increase their tonnage from burning the cereal husks left by months sourcing wheat husks in the Presenter Frank Pope (pictured) DA12 2BG, UK or capacity. flour mills. UK and has also been looking at spent four months shadowing Enquiries: the authority. [email protected] We’ve also had approaches from Their new £20 million boiler system, port-based mills in Europe. Telephone: customers who want to move new due to go on-line next April, will make The company already imports its Jim Trimmer 01474 562 305 types of freight. the 130-year-old Silvertown refinery raw cane sugar through the river For more information But the most surprising enquiries Head of Planning and the world's first to be powered by and hasn’t ruled the Thames out on the Port of London Authority, go to: Partnerships www.pla.co.uk have come from businesses that renewable plant waste. as a supply route for its new high haven’t used the river before. Port of London Authority It will reduce the company’s cane fibre fuel. 2 Tidal Thames5-Prepress.qxd 9/22/08 9:22 am Page 2 River News Companies that want to understand how the Thames can help their logistics chain with cargoes as varied as containers, petroleum products, aggregates, recyclables, Comment and food. The Port of London Authority The Port of London Authority is helps these prospective river users investing £2 million in five purpose-built patrol boats. in a variety of ways – we provide There’s no doubt that moving freight Sea Search Solves The first of the catamarans, guidance and support in obtaining which will use less fuel and by water makes good economic as necessary permissions and grants ‘Ghost Ship’ Mystery have lower emissions than its well as environmental sense. predecessors, is being from Government, and we ensure With just one kilogram of oil you manufactured by the safety of their vessels once Coastguards scrambled aircraft and earlier that morning, bound for the Northumberland-based can move 127 tonnes of cargo they’re on the Thames. lifeboats after a yacht motored in from Medway – there had been one man on Alnmaritec Limited. through a kilometre of water. That The port authority expects But our biggest battle for them the sea…with no crew aboard. board. The Royal National Lifeboat same fuel would only move 97 to take delivery of the vessel isn’t on the water – it’s on the shore. The ‘ghost’ vessel was near Red Institution launched rescue craft from next spring. tonnes a similar distance by rail, and Wharves on the Thames have been Sands Towers in the Thames Estuary Whitstable and Sheerness, and four PLA marine engineer Alan 50 tonnes by road. when another craft, the El Bravo II, police vessels motored out into the Cartwright said: “We’ll put this safeguarded from alternative uses new boat through its paces, More and more Of all the carbon dioxide emitted went alongside to investigate. Estuary to join what was now a hunt since 1997, and since 2000 we’ve trialling it in all the duties that in the European Union, water firms are asking us been working with the Mayor of The yacht’s radio was on and its for a missing yachtsman. patrol and pilotage craft are transport accounts for 25 grams for expected to carry out. about moving London, the Greater London engine running but, in a scene Nearly an hour after the coastguards each tonne moved a kilometre, rail reminiscent of the legendary Mary were first alerted, helicopter Rescue “Alnmaritec will then build freight by river – Authority, the London Development any modifications into the emits 41 grams and roads are we’ve had the most Agency and Transport for London Celeste, there were no signs of life.