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
Record breaking month for London Gateway team
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...
Investment into cruise infrastructure
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...
Setting the right standards at Solent Stevedores
Following a thorough external auditing process by a UKAS accredited body, the team in Southampton has been successful in achieving certification or ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001. The audit process looks at all operational and management standards across cruise, bulks,...