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Compass Publications Ltd Marcon House Bailey Street Castle Acre King’s Lynn Norfolk PE32 2AG United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)1760 755783 Fax: +44 (0)1760 755942 Email: [email protected] Survey vessel, Verifier, one of three in the PLA’s hydrographic fleet. • THIS ONE Euroship 2013 20/2/13 14:59 Page 1 INTRODUCTION Chief Executive’s Foreword Foreword by Richard Everitt 7 Principal Offices of the Port of London Authority Business contacts at the PLA Offices9 Introduction 2012 London’s Year 11 Port of London Authority statistics Managing Excellence Cargo and shipping statistics 2012 13 Investments New investments, new opportunities 17 The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee/Olympics FEATURES The PLA’s medal winning performance 23 River Turning the tide: waterborne logistics 28 Port of London Authority Facilities Map 32 Cruise London: the unbeatable cruise destination 35 Shipmanagement of Port of Tilbury • Bulk carriers Tilbury: track record and reputation 39 • Car carriers London Gateway London Gateway open for business in 2013 46 • Container EuroShip, the Ship Manager offering a personal and quality ship Marine services Terminal factfiles • High Speed Craft Back stage support 51 Terminal location map 72 FACTFILES management service to ship owners and bareboat charterers world-wide. • Mega Yachts Unit loads 75 Pilotage Forest products 79 • Multi-purpose Taking the lead 55 Steel and general 81 A highly experienced ship management team with ISO 9001: 2000, • Reefer VTS Liquid bulks 83 Safe arrivals 56 Dry bulks 88 • RoRos Regulatory Port of Tilbury 111 ISO 14001:2004, ISM and ISPS certification. • Specialist carriers Setting the standards 62 Management undertaken Environment The right steps for smaller footprints 65 • Commercial Hydrographic • Consultancy Answering questions in depth 66 • Crewing • Newbuild supervision SERVICES # # # • Purchasing Shipping services • Technical # # Direct ports of call and service details 121 # # # # # # # DIRECTORY Please contact: Capt Frank Davies, Managing Director or Mr Stephen Knapp, Technical Director EuroShip Services Limited, Long Reach House, London Road, Purfleet, Essex, RM19 1PD Port directory Addresses and contact details 131 Telephone +44 (0) 1708 891166 Facsimile +44 (0) 1708 891177 Email [email protected] www.euroshipservices.com Advertisers index 144 INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION Foreword by Richard Everitt 7 Principal Offices of the Port of London Authority9 2012 London’s Year 11 Port of London cargo and shipping statistics 2013 13 London is the busiest port in the southern UK, handling more than 40 million tonnes of cargo a year. Port of London Handbook 5 FOREWORD Foreword by Port of London Authority Chief Excutive ALLANTONE Richard Everitt SUPPLIES LTD For a city and its river, what follows a year when it hosted an Olympics and an unprecedented Royal river pageant? Bunkering services For London, the Thames and the Port of London Authority (PLA), the answer is an awful lot. The gaze of the world’s TV cameras may no longer be on the city or the Thames, but the scope and scale of developments on the river is unprecedented. around the clock The diversity of investment projects in hand along the river tells the story. They cover power generation, container For all your THAMES & MEDWAY requirements handling, vehicle and car parts delivery, passenger piers and fuel handling. It’s a testament to the Thames being a great place to do business. People are at the heart of that business. Thames-side facilities enjoy unique ‘on the doorstep’ access to the biggest consumer market in the UK. And in London that market access is backed by the wealth of marine expertise, both in the PLA and amongst the operators of vessels and terminals on the river, to turn plans and visions into reality. This Handbook gives an insight into the services and capabilities on offer on the river. If you want to know more, do please get in touch with our Commercial Development Manager, Glenda Frost on 01474-562243. Based in south east England, Allantone serves the UK with coastal marine requirements. With a 24/7 presence on the River Thames and Medway by barge, we offer a ‘one stop shop’ service. Richard Everitt Chief Executive Call +44(0) 1394 670001 or go to www.allantone.co.uk COME TO THE SOURCE Port of London Handbook 7 PRINCIPAL OFFICES PRINCIPAL MARINE SERVICES & EXPERTISE Principal offices of the Port of London Authority London River House Royal Pier Road Gravesend Bakers’ Hall Kent DA12 2BG 7 Harp Lane Tel: (01474) 562200 London EC3R 6LB Fax: (01474) 562281 Tel: (01474) 562200 Chief Financial Officer Fax: (020) 7743 7999 Brian Chapman Chief Executive Chief Harbour Master Richard Everitt David Phillips MVO Harbour Master (Upper) Secretary and General Counsel Terry Lawrence Bob Crighton AMNI MCMI Director of Corporate Affairs Marine House Alistair Gale Denton Wharf Director of Human Resources Mark Lane Glenn Witham Gravesend Head of Planning and Partnerships Kent DA12 2PL James Trimmer Tel: (01474) 562444 Director of Marine Operations Fax: (01474) 562403 Peter Steen Marine Services Manager Head of Property Jim Denby John Ball Head of Marine Engineering Harbour Master (Lower) Alan Cartwright Chris McQueen VTS Manager Thames Barrier HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYING SALVAGE AND DIVING SERVICES DENTON BOAT LIFT Kevin Gregory Navigation Centre Commercial Development Manager Unit 28 As well as undertaking regular surveys Our two specialised heavylift craft are Our 70-tonne boat lift at Denton Wharf Glenda Frost 34 Bowater Road of all the main channels in the tidal River available for salvage operations of craft is commercially available for suitable Marine Pilotage Manager London SE18 5TF Thames, we offer our hydrographic of up to 240 tonnes. We also offer the river craft. Vessels can be lifted and Peter Steen Tel: (020) 8855 0315 expertise under contract to third parties services of our commercially-qualified taken ashore for maintenance on Pilotage Administration Fax: (020) 8854 7422 for high resolution surveys of berths, divers, particularly for a range of adjacent level ground. Tel: (01474) 562362 docks, dredging and construction operations including vessel or river bed Fax: (01474) 562378 project support. investigations and salvage. Call 01474 562 444 or email: Pilotage Operations [email protected] for further details. Tel: (01474) 562333 Call 01474 562 206 or email: Call 01474 562 444 or email: Fax: (01474) 352996 [email protected] for further details. [email protected] for further details. Duty Port Controller Gravesend Tel: (01474) 560311 Fax: (01474) 352996 Port Hydrographer www.pla.co.uk John Pinder Tel: (01474) 562210 Fax: (01474) 562314 Port of London Handbook 9 INTRODUCTION 2012… an unforgettable year in which the 2 012 world’s spotlight fell on London. From the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee LONDON’S river pageant to the arrival of the Olympic Torch, to the dramatic opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic YEAR Games, the iconic River Thames took its rightful position – centre stage. transport route for moving freight, If ever there was a legacy from 2012, including aggregates, construction it is this... just look at what the River materials and outsize and heavy cargoes, Thames can do. in and out of London. The Port of London Authority’s (PLA) The river has been central to the dedicated and expert teams played a smooth running of Network Rail’s crucial role in all of the year’s events, in redevelopment of Blackfriars Station; planning and security, providing navi- huge precast units, cranes, steelwork, gational advice and services, operational roof trusses, solar panels and even support and expert pilotage, installing half a platform were brought upriver to additional moorings, finding space for Blackfriars by barge. Livett’s Launches, “What better way to focus cruise ships and super-yachts, and appointed by Balfour Beatty as principal attention on the River Thames liaising with and supporting police and marine services provider for the project, than to have the Royal family emergency, military, security and local designed and built a bespoke mooring moored on a barge, watching a authorities. system to serve the site. flotilla of more than a thousand But it’s important to remember that, London is now gearing up for what will boats passing by?” throughout this extraordinary year, it was be some of Europe’s largest infrastructure Lloyd’s List also ‘business as usual’ for the PLA as developments; the Thames will provide it continued to support and serve the a vital transport route for tunnelling spoil myriad terminals and wharfs that stretch and construction materials for the from the city centre down to the estuary. £15 billion Crossrail project and for the London remains the UK’s second Lea Tunnel and Tideway Tunnel, Thames busiest port, handling over 40 million Water’s major sewer project. tonnes of cargo, and in terms of port The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee river operations and developments on the pageant was the culmination of two years Thames, 2012 was also a remarkable of planning by the PLA.