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Some Notices remain effective indefinitely and these are subsequently published as Permanent Notices to Mariners.

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Current Port-wide Notices
 
5 of 2010- Woolwich Reach - Thames Barrier Closures - Environment Agency Programme No.55
Date Published: 05-Feb-10
 
4 of 2010- River Users Incident & Near Miss Report Form
Date Published: 04-Feb-10
 
3 of 2010- Vessels Licensed as Ship Towage Tugs by the Port of London Authority
Date Published: 21-Jan-10
 
1 of 2010- Notices Remaining in Force at 1st January 2010
Date Published: 18-Jan-10
 
28 OF 2009- P1 PLA EMERGENCY PLANS AND PROCEDURES
Date Published: 15-Dec-09
 
27 of 2009- Routine VTS Broadcasts
Date Published: 02-Dec-09
 
26 of 2009- Richmon Lock - New Charging Regime
Date Published: 02-Dec-09
 
24 of 2009- Improving Visibility of Small Recreational Craft at Night
Date Published: 24-Nov-09
 
22 of 2009- A New Publication - 'Mariners' Guide to Bridges on the Tidal Thames'
Date Published: 29-Oct-09
 
No 21 of 2009- High Speed Craft - Flashing Amber Lights
Date Published: 05-Oct-09
 
No 20 of 2009- Woolwich Reach-Thames Barrier Closures - Environment Agency AMENDED Programme No.54
Date Published: 03-Sep-09
 
17 of 2009- SEARCH AND RESCUE RESPONSIBILITIES AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE TIDAL THAMES
Date Published: 30-Jun-09
 
16 of 2009- Operational Berth Names
Date Published: 26-Jun-09
 
13 of 2009- MAINTENANCE OF VESSEL MOORINGS, WASH AND DRAW-OFF
Date Published: 12-Jun-09
 
12 of 2009- Lower Pool to Wandsworth Reach - Advisory 12 Knot Speed Limit.
Date Published: 18-May-09
 
8 of 2009- Bow Creek. Regulation of Navigation - River Thames to Three Mills Lock.
Date Published: 05-May-09
 
2 of 2009- Code of Practice for Craft Towage Operations on the Thames 2007. Amendments to Section 7 and 8.
Date Published: 20-Jan-09
 
No.17 of 2008- Pilotage Exemption Certificate and Local Navigation Certificate Assessments
Date Published: 21-Nov-08
 
No.13 of 2008- New Waste Transfer Jetty for Riverside Resource Recovery Ltd
Date Published: 05-Aug-08
 
No. 9 of 2008- Upper Pool - Tower Bridge Redecoration
Date Published: 16-Jun-08
 
No.7 of 2008- Saundersness Shoal. Blackwall Reach - Reduced Depths.
Date Published: 09-May-08
 
No.4 of 2008- Thames AIS. Persons On-Board Reporting
Date Published: 08-Feb-08
 
No.13 of 2007- Code of Practice For Ship Towage Operations On The Thames 2005 - Amendment, Section 9.3
Date Published: 19-Jul-07
 
No 11 of 2007- Code of Practice for the Safe Mooring of Vessels on the Thames 2003 - Amendments to Section Five
Date Published: 08-Jun-07
 
No.7 of 2007- Regulations for the Opening and Shutting of Tower Bridge
Date Published: 16-Mar-07
 
No.6 of 2006- Amendment to Code of Practice for Ship Towage Operations on the Thames 2005
Date Published: 10-Feb-06
 
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Current Lower & Estuary Notices
 
L7 of 2010- Commencement of Dredging Operations off London Gateway Construction Works Site
Date Published: 12-Mar-10
 
L6 of 2010- Demolition of concrete chimneys at Lafarge Cement Works - Gravesend Reach
Date Published: 09-Mar-10
 
L5 of 2010- Repair Work to Robins Wharf - Northfleet Hope
Date Published: 03-Mar-10
 
L4 of 2010- Wreck removal in the Yantlet Channel
Date Published: 17-Feb-10
 
L3 of 2010- Borax Wharf Belvedere - Waste to Energy Plant - Heavy Lift Operations
Date Published: 05-Feb-10
 
L26 of 2009- Site of Tilbury Repair Jetty - Temporary Buoyage
Date Published: 18-Jan-10
 
L2 of 2010- LONDON GATEWAY PROJECT MAIN CONSTRUCTION WORKS OFF SHELLHAVEN, DREDGING AND SURVEY WORK ALONG LONDON GATEWAY ROUTE
Date Published: 13-Jan-10
 
L1 of 2010- Erith Reach - Inspection of Erith Pier
Date Published: 06-Jan-10
 
L35 of 2009- Gravesend Reach - Obstructions off of Bevans Wharf
Date Published: 14-Dec-09
 
L32 of 2009 - Chartlet- L32 of 2009 - Chartlet
Date Published: 23-Nov-09
 
L32 of 2009- THAMES ESTUARY - LONGSAND & KNOCKDEEP - LONDON ARRAY GEOTECHNICAL SURVEY WORK
Date Published: 23-Nov-09
 
L31 of 2009 Chartlet- London Gateway Survey Campaign
Date Published: 29-Oct-09
 
L23 of 2009- Mucking,Sea Reach and the Oaze Environment Monitoring Buoys
Date Published: 11-Aug-09
 
L21 of 2009- Thames Estuary Princes Channel Princes No. 8 Lighted Buoy Moving
Date Published: 29-Jun-09
 
L19 of 2009- North East Spit - Prohibited Anchorage Area
Date Published: 11-Jun-09
 
L13 of 2009- River Thames. Sea Reach. Shellhaven - Installation of Monitoring Equipment.
Date Published: 17-Apr-09
 
L12 of 2009- River Thames. Sea Reach. Vessels swinging off The Havens - Coordination of Vessel Traffic.
Date Published: 19-Mar-09
 
L11 of 2009- Vessel Traffic Management in the Princes Channel.
Date Published: 19-Mar-09
 
L8 of 2009- London Arrival/Departure Arc - VTS Reporting Procedures.
Date Published: 19-Feb-09
 
L6 of 2009- River Thames. Mucking, Sea Reach and Oaze Environmental Monitoring Buoys.
Date Published: 09-Feb-09
 
L5 of 2009- River Thames. Sea Reach. Establishment of Navigational Buoys.
Date Published: 30-Jan-09
 
L3 of 2009- River Thames. Mucking, Sea Reach and the Oaze Environmental Monitoring Buoys.
Date Published: 23-Jan-09
 
L2 of 2009- River Thames. Sea Reach - Construction of Petroleum Jetty
Date Published: 21-Jan-09
 
L21 of 2008- Thames Estuary Radio Reporting Changes 2009
Date Published: 23-Dec-08
 
L22 of 2008- Vessel Traffic Management in the Knock John Channel - Changes in respect of revised vessel reporting points
Date Published: 23-Dec-08
 
L23 of 2008- Thames Estuary - Radio Reporting Requirements
Date Published: 23-Dec-08
 
L20 of 2008- River Thames. Sea Reach - Construction of Petroleum Jetty.
Date Published: 16-Dec-08
 
L19 of 2008- Bathymetric Surveys in the Thames Estuary from Shellhaven to Sunk
Date Published: 05-Dec-08
 
L13 of 2008- Establishment of Environmental Monitoring Stations between London Gateway Site, Maplin Sands and Oaze Restricted Area.
Date Published: 08-Sep-08
 
L12 of 2008- Construction of the Gunfleet Sands 1 & 2 Offshore Wind Farm and Establishment of 500 metre Safety Zone around the site.
Date Published: 13-Aug-08
 
L9 of 2008- Oceanographic Monitoring Equipment on the Mucking Flats
Date Published: 08-Aug-08
 
L13 of 2007- River Thames - Sea Reach - Deployment of Oceanographic Monitoring Equipment
Date Published: 28-Dec-07
 
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Current Middle River Notices
 
M8 of 2010- Borehole Survey - Barking to Barn Elms Reach
Date Published: 11-Mar-10
 
M9 of 2010- Boreholes Drilling - Wandsworth Bridge No3 Arch Closure
Date Published: 11-Mar-10
 
M7 of 2010- 2010 Devizes to Westminster International Canoe Race
Date Published: 26-Feb-10
 
M6 of 2010- Waterloo Bridge No 3 Arch -Closure and Reduced Height
Date Published: 04-Feb-10
 
M5 of 2010- Lower Pool - Surrey Entrance and Moorings off Shadwell Basin Entrance
Date Published: 03-Feb-10
 
M3 of 2010- Gun Salutes at the Tower of London
Date Published: 15-Jan-10
 
M4 of 2010- Kings Reach - Blackfriars Rail & Road Bridges - Arch Closures to Navigation
Date Published: 15-Jan-10
 
M2 of 2010- Kings Reach - Tugs and Tows - Use of Wallbrook Wharf during Closure No2 Arch at Southwark Road Bridge
Date Published: 06-Jan-10
 
M1 of 2010- Greenwich Head - Sunday 21st February 2010
Date Published: 06-Jan-10
 
M53 of 2009- Waterloo Bridge No. 3 Arch - closure and reduced height
Date Published: 29-Dec-09
 
M52 of 2009- KINGS REACH - SOUTHWARK ROAD BRIDGE
Date Published: 18-Dec-09
 
M28 of 2009- LIMEHOUSE AND BUGSBY’S REACHES - BLUE LIGHTS ON MOORING BUOYS
Date Published: 22-Sep-09
 
M33 of 2008- King's Reach. Blackfriars Railway Bridge - Refurbishment and Construction of a New Station on the Bridge
Date Published: 30-Oct-08
 
M7 of 2008- Kings Reach, Southwark Bridge - Redecoration
Date Published: 22-Feb-08
 
M21 of 2007- Saundersness Shoal - Reduced Depths
Date Published: 02-Aug-07
 
M1 of 2006- Battersea Shoal - Channel Alignment
Date Published: 06-Jan-06
 
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Current Upper River Notices
 
U9 of 2010- Borehole Drilling - Putney Bridge Barn Elms Reach Lower
Date Published: 11-Mar-10
 
U8 of 2010- 2010 Devizes to Westminster International Canoe Race
Date Published: 26-Feb-10
 
U7 of 2010- The Universities' Boat Race Putney to Mortlake 3 April 2010
Date Published: 25-Feb-10
 
U6 of 2010- Mortlake Reach - Revetment Repair Work
Date Published: 25-Feb-10
 
U5 of 2010- Oxford & Cambridge University Pre-Boat Race Fixtures between Putney & Chiswick
Date Published: 15-Feb-10
 
U2 of 2010- Hammersmith Bridge Repairs - Restricted Headway
Date Published: 09-Feb-10
 
U4 of 2010- Head of the River Races between Mortlake and Putney - River Closures Spring 2010
Date Published: 05-Feb-10
 
U1 of 2010- United Hospitals Rowing Events
Date Published: 21-Jan-10
 
U28 of 2009- The Remenham Challenge, Quintin and, Hammersmith Winter Head Races
Date Published: 19-Jan-10
 
U26 of 2009- Mortlake Revetment Repair Work
Date Published: 23-Oct-09
 
U24 of 2009- Rules for Navigation of Vessels Under Oars on the Tidal Thames
Date Published: 23-Oct-09
 
U14 of 2009- Barking to Barn Elms Reach. Bore Hole Survey
Date Published: 28-Apr-09
 
U14 of 2007- Barn Elms, Corney, Mortlake and Syon Reach Navigation Buoys
Date Published: 09-Oct-07
 
U6 of 2006- Mortlake Reach. Kew shoal
Date Published: 06-Apr-06
 
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