London International Cruise Terminal News

The Port of London saw larger ships than ever calling last year as the tonnage of cargo handled at Thames terminals climbed to 45.4 million metric tons (up 2 percent from 2014). PLA chief executive, Robin Mortimer said, “Last year a number of operators introduced new, bigger ships and records were broken. The record breakers included containership, UASC Barzan and cruise ship Viking Star. The 400 -meter-long Barzan set a new benchmark as the biggest-ever ship on the Thames when she called at London Gateway Port in September.

Control safety inspection. under detention from previous months. detentions in comparison to June. decrease of 0.3% compared to June's 12 month rate. for 1 day at the London International Cruise Terminal, Tilbury. was carried out in conjunction with London Port Health Authority. nautical publications not up to date. with cockroaches and poor quality of drinking water. relevant areas. in the drinking water was not being adequately controlled. standards. Measures were put in to place to rectify the deficiencies. cargo ship was detained in Southampton on 28th July 2004. a poor condition with 49 deficiencies recorded. the ship met the requirements of the relevant International conventions. The ship is still under detention at the end of July.