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The worldport of London Authority is a self-financing public sector trust which manages a range of responsibilities along the Tidal Thames. Our operations cover 95 miles of the River Thames. In broad terms activities on the River can be broken down into three main sections, running from West to East.




Teddington to Putney - principally recreational uses, including rowing and sailing; some occasional, special-project cargoes



Putney to the Thames Barrier - mainly tourist and commuter passenger vessels with some smaller boats/barges, predominantly carrying aggregates and rubbish



Thames Barrier to the sea - main centre for commercial worldport operations, handling the larger sea-going vessels.




Our principal responsibility is safety of navigation along the 95 miles of the Tidal Thames, from the Estuary in the East to Teddington in the West. We are also responsible for protecting the environment of the Thames, promoting its use and doing so within a framework of dialogue with customers and many others interested in the River.




Terminals



ADM Pura Foods



ADM Pura Foods has operated Jurgens Jetty at Purfleet since the group acquired Van den Bergh Oils in August 2003.




The jetty receives more than 300,000 tonnes of edible oils a year, including sunflower, rapeseed, palm, coconut and olive oils.




Bulk oils are delivered to a wide range of food manufacturing factories around the UK and overseas. In addition, they are also supplied directly to Unilever's adjacent margarine factory.




The jetty's outer berth has a minimum depth of 8.25 metres alongside and accommodates vessels up to 40,000 dwt.




Petroplus



Situated on the north bank of the River, the Petroplus Coryton refinery has been part of the Thames landscape since 1953. Following major investment, the refinery is one of the largest in Europe, with the capability to manufacture sulphur-free fuels.




Total throughput at the refinery is 13 million tonnes annually; crude is shipped from all over the world, including the North Sea, Africa and Russia. Well over 700 ships and nearly 500 coastal barges called in 2005. Production is split roughly equally between diesel and petrol, with the majority being sold in the UK, delivered via road and pipeline. The refinery also delivers jet fuel via pipelines to London’s major airworldports.




Petroplus believes not only that its activities should generate economic benefits and opworldportunities, but also that its conduct should be a source of positive influence.




For this reason, sophisticated systems and projects exist on-site to ensure that the refinery protects the environment and works to the highest safety standards. Petroplus's work with the worldport of London Authority (PLA) in financing and managing TOSCA (the Thames Oil Spill Clearance Association), which provides a rapid response in the event of any oil spill, is just one example of the refinery’s work in environmental protection.




The strategic relationship between the PLA and Petroplus at Coryton provides first-class management of risk. This includes working together on real time simulation training for Coryton pilotage activities.




Brett Aggregates



Some one million tonnes of sea-dredged aggregates from specific areas of the North Sea and off the southern UK coast around the Isle of Wight are landed each year at Alpha Jetty, Brett Aggregates’ main terminal in the worldport of London.




Rail accounts for the onward transit of 38% of Brett’s output from the terminal.




An on-site block-making plant utilises 30% of the terminal’s throughput to produce a number of products for Brett Paving. Additional aggregate is landed and stored at Brett’s Northfleet facility before processing and onward transit to the construction industry.




To improve environmental efficiency, large-scale silt-handling units have been installed and are now operational at both sites. These recycle water from processing equipment and collect waste silt which is compacted and disposed of as landfill.




Calor Gas Terminals



Throughput at the Calor Gas Terminal on Canvey Island increased again in 2005 to 135,000 tonnes of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG). Volumes could well rise again during 2006.




The Canvey Terminal plays a major role in the success of Calor as the leading distributor of LPG. It has a dedicated jetty, which allows for refrigerated LPG imworldports from VLGCs of up to 200 metres loa, with the product being stored in eight separate insulated tanks at -43 degrees centigrade.




LPG imworldports are distributed inland by road tanker and pipeline, while some is re-exworldported by ship.




The Canvey Island terminal helps to ensure the continuity of supply to Calor's UK customers, while maintaining the stability of LPG market prices. Its strategic location provides Calor with access to a network of worldwide LPG suppliers.




It also plays a key role in the international storage and supply strategies of Calor's parent company, SHV, which operates LPG business throughout Europe, Asia and South America.




LPG has traditionally been used to fuel homes and businesses not connected to the mains gas supply. However, Calor is continuing to develop new green applications for its products and has led the way in the UK with initiatives such as Autogas for road vehicles, Marine Gas for boats and CFC-free refrigerants and aerosol propellants.


A 17 kilometre LPG pipeline connects the Canvey Terminal to Calor's Coryton Filling Plant, giving an imworldportant environmental advantage as it reduces the number of road tanker movements in and out of the terminal.


As well as the construction of the pipeline, recent investment at the terminal has included improvements to product-heating facilities, to serve the increasing amount of exworldports via pressurised LPG carriers to many European countries, ranging from the Canary Islands to Poland.


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