(the) Port of London Authority

(the) Port of London Authority
the Port of London Authority [the Port of London Authority] (also the PLA)
the organization that operates the port of London. It controls all business on the ↑Thames between west London and the sea, but is mainly concerned with the ↑docks at Tilbury, east of London.

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