Port of Southampton

Based in the Western Docks, but operating across the whole port area at the UK’s number one export port, the Port of Southampton, Solent Stevedores specialises in the following services:

 

Cruise stevedoring services for passenger baggage and ships stores’
Award-winning Solent Rail Terminal and container storage, repair and maintenance services
Dry Bulk Terminal
Project and general cargo

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An ongoing programme of investment to infrastructure and quayside facilities ensures Southampton remains the first choice for cargo import and export, and cruise ship turnarounds in the UK.
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Cruise services

Welcoming over 400 cruise calls and 2 million passengers to Northern Europe’s leading cruise turnaround port every year across 5 world-class cruise terminals – Horizon Terminal, Ocean Cruise Terminal, City Cruise Terminal, Queen Elizabeth II Terminal and Mayflower Cruise Terminal.

 

Cruise services include:
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Porterage services

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Stores management and provision loading and unloading

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Baggage handling

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Mooring services

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Mobility assistance

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Rail and container services

The Solent Rail Terminal is an award-winning 18-acre facility encompassing an intermodal rail transport site with laden and empty container storage, maintenance, and repair within a single-site boundary.

Capacity for maximum of 15 services a day
Capable of servicing  750m trains
2 container sidings and a third bulk/run round siding
60 reefer plug points

Rail and container services includes:

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Rail:

Train refuelling
Container shunting to and from the DP World container depot
Cargo loading/unloading

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Container:

Reefer plug in and monitoring services
Inspections
Storage
Maintenance and Repair for dry van and reefer containers
Cargo loading/unloading

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Dry Bulks Services

Berths 107, 108 and King George V Wet Dock, Western Docks

Operating from 1,300m of deep-water quays, Solent Stevedores provides receipt, storage and load out services for a variety of dry bulk commodities. Our highly trained and experienced workforce is accredited to ISO9001 Quality and ISO14001 Environmental Standards. We hold an environmental permit which allows us to handle a range of waste and recycled commodities at the bulk terminal.

 

Dry Bulk commodities handled:
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Recyclables:

Recycled Metal
Glass
Secondary aggregates

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Construction:

Gypsum
Aggregates
Cementitious Products

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Agricultural:

Fertiliser
Animal feed
Grain

Work will complete in late 2024 on a new cement handling facility as part of a long-term agreement with Aggregate Industries. Solent Stevedores will operate a modern state-of-the-art cement import storage redelivery.
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Project Cargo Services

Heavy lifts generally take place alongside the deep water at the Port of Southampton.

Here Solent Stevedores operates in a key strategic position for international shipping lanes and a short distance from the UK motorway network.

With a wide range of equipment and a fully trained, experienced and flexible work force, Solent Stevedores is well placed to meet the lift-on, lift-off requirements of all types of project and general cargo.

 

Services:
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HEAVY LIFTS:

Heavy Equipment Lifts
Yacht lifts
Tandem Lifts

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Complex cargoes:

Out of Gauge container operations
Container Loading and De-vanning Services

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LASHING & SECURING SERVICES

Equipment:

– Range of mobile plant and equipment up to 42 tonnes
– Numerous harbour mobile cranes with Tandem lift capability
– Lifting frames, beams and pallet frames suiable for a wide range of cargo operations

Using High Capacity Mobile Port Cranes, Solent Stevedores regularly transfer yachts and other craft from vessel deck to quay/water or vice-versa, and provides heavy lifts for large pieces of machinery and plant for international shipping.

Our modular spreader lifting frame has a capacity of 100 Tonnes at lengths of up to 11m – ideal for heavy lifts.

Solent Stevedores is an ITSSAR accredited training provider with four instructors delivering training on all plant and machinery for its employees, with two training managers specifically responsible for cranes and heavy lifts.

When heavy lifts take place, all employees are trained for Slinger/Banksman roles and Supervisors are Appointed Persons who can prepare the lift plans needed before starting.

For more information about Project Cargo and Heavy Lift services at the Port of Southampton, please get in contact.

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For more information about our services at the Port of Southampton, please get in touch.

ZAK MCELVENNY

Operations & Compliance Director
03303 115 107
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Clive Thomas

Commercial Director
03303 115 107
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Big Award for Small Business of the Year

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