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Industry-leading port terminal operator Solent Stevedores celebrates a significant company milestone of 25 years of operations as the company continues to grow.   Over the quarter of a century, the company has added multiple award wins to its name and prestigious recognition in the industry and among peers of the team’s significant role in supporting the import and export of trade.  Since starting the company in 2000 as a small-scale bulk operation at the Port of Southampton,...

2025 marks a significant year for Solent Stevedores as we celebrate a quarter of a century of operations. To mark this incredible milestone, we wanted to honour the generations of Dockers that have worked at the Port of Southampton, where it all began, and are a huge part of its legacy.   https://vimeo.com/1123818584 It's the people that make Team Solent what it is so please enjoy this trip down memory lane and on behalf of Stu, Fi and the whole team, thank you. 

Solent Stevedores has been shortlisted in the 2025 IBJ Awards’ Best Dry Bulk Port category.  The International Bulk Journal Awards is a long-standing annual awards honouring the achievements in the Bulks industry. Following a strong year of investment and innovation across the 22 acres of Bulk handling in Southampton’s Western Docks, the team has been recognised for efficient, safe, and environmentally friendly practises. Projects of note include the certification of the international...

As part of our ongoing investment programme and in partnership with Associated British Ports, a further infrastructure upgrade has resulted in a new roof for the Mulberry Shed, completing at the beginning of September to provide enhanced covered storage for animal feed.  The shed now enables continued TASCC assured storage of 20,000 tonnes of animal feed and grains. This increases the quantities of bulks handled, building on the team’s specialisms, and adding to its customer base.  If...

The Solent Rail Terminal at the Port of Southampton has seen significant increases across all rail and container operations in the first year since its multi-million-pound upgrade completed. The award-winning terminal operated by Solent Stevedores celebrates one year of operations since the infrastructure upgrade completed. With an additional 12 acres of space, 130m of extended rail loading pad and the potential to handle 12 intermodal daily trains up from 8, the team has reported a 23%...

Industry-leading port terminal operator has joined the Maritime UK Solent network as Strategic Partner and in doing so is directly participating in supporting the Solent’s maritime sector.  Representing maritime organisations in the Solent, Maritime UK Solent  The Maritime UK Solent membership was designed to shape the future of the Solent’s maritime sector and as Strategic Partners, Solent Stevedores will help support the region’s exceptional maritime ecosystem and further growth.  Clive...

The team handling London Gateway operations has seen a record-breaking month in January. Based at the UK’s most advanced integrated container port and logistics hub, the team moved 8,795 boxes in the month with a TEU level of 3940 - the highest numbers in the seven years since operations began. In addition, the 8-acre site provides empty container storage, shunting, maintenance, and repairs. During the month, more than 1,400 boxes were shunted – either between the quay and the yard or to other...

Our cruise stevedoring team has further boosted resilience, safety, and security of our cruise infrastructure by introducing a number of improvements to the team’s equipment. As part of the ongoing investment in our cruise infrastructure and facilities Solent Stevedores is imminently introducing five new JCB Telehandler Forklifts to its already extensive fleet of stevedoring machinery bringing the total of 63. All cruise equipment will be fitted with dashcams to further enhance safety and...

Following a thorough external auditing process by a UKAS accredited body, the team in Southampton has been successful in achieving certification of ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001.  The audit process looks at all operational and management standards across cruise, bulks, rail and container to ensure operations meet high international standards.  Each of the standards look at different parts of the business: ISO 9001 looks at quality systems and has been held since 2005 ISO 14001 looks at...