CRUISE SERVICES
The Port of Southampton is the home of the UK cruise industry and the leading cruise turnaround port in Northern Europe. Solent Stevedores works in partnership with port owners, ABP and the cruise industry, and has an excellent reputation for the high level of service we provide to cruise lines and their guests.
Every year, our team in Southampton greets over 2.0 million guests, loads 2.8 million items of luggage and handles 120,000 tonnes of ship’s provisions across 400 turnaround calls – almost a 100% increase in business since 2010.
EXCESS OF 2.0 million
Passengers
EXCESS OF 2.8 million
Suitcases
EXCESS OF 120,000 TONNES
OF SHIP’S STORES
Cruise Services
Baggage handling
Porterage and Baggage Handling services for cruise ships at the Port of Southampton
Stores handling
Stores Handling including foodstuffs, technical and engineering.
Support Services
Cruise Vessel Support services for ships including Mooring Services and Crew Training for “on board” handling equipment.
OUR PARTNERS
Solent Stevedores is a member of Cruise Britain and Cruise Europe, networks of cruise ports, operators and service providers.
Cruise Britain
Cruise Britain is a business to business network of cruise ports, destinations and service providers that exists to promote Britain as a cruise destination.
Visit: cruisebritain.org
Associated British Ports
ABP is the owner of Europe’s leading cruise turnaround port.
Visit: abports.co.uk
Cruise Europe
Cruise Europe is the original business to business network of cruise ports and destinations in Northern & Atlantic Europe.
Visit: cruiseeurope.com
News
Keep in touch with our latest news and announcements
Hazardous Response Team training
This month at our Southampton operations we hosted the local Hazardous Response Team (HART) for the first of seven training sessions. We are working with the incident response team to help provide them with a place to train their teams. These sessions will also...
Preparing for cruise
During the peak cruise season at the Port of Southampton, it's not unusual for the Solent Stevedores team to handle between five and ten ships from Friday through to Sunday. For every cruise turnaround, our team plays a vital role in ensuring each vessel departs on...
Scott qualifies for Ironman 70.3 World Championship
Congratulations to our Assistant Operations Manager, Scott, who has qualified for the Ironman 70.3 World Championship in Nice, France, following an outstanding performance at a recent Ironman 70.3 middle-distance triathlon. Competing against a field of 1,260 athletes,...
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