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On Thursday 20 May, the UK cruise industry welcomed its first passengers after more than a year of an operational pause. MSC Virtuosa’s UK maiden call to the Port of Southampton marked the return of cruising for the UK and a crucial part of this operation was handled by Solent Stevedores. With MSC’s newest ship arriving ahead of passengers boarding, Team Solent’s role is initially securing her alongside safely on her arrival. While the ship is preparing to welcome its first passengers, Team...

Solent Stevedores, a UK leading port operator, has welcomed a record cargo shipment to the King George V dock at Port of Southampton on behalf of Aggregate Industries over the next year. The Yeoman Bank vessel arrived at the port in late February commencing a long contract to discharge regular cargoes of aggregate. With echoes of a historical presence at the Port of Southampton from Aggregate Industries, the vessel arrived at King George V Dock with 30,000 tonnes of aggregate from the...

Solent Stevedores, a UK leading port operator, has expanded operations at its existing London Gateway site to add further resilience for customers. An investment of £5 million has enabled expansion of the site for next generation empty container handling, storage maintenance, repair and shunting. Taking the site from 5 to 8 acres, the specialist cargo handlers have expanded their storage capabilities by approximately 40% and can now store 3,500 TEU. The larger site has seen an impact on the...

Solent Stevedores, a UK leading port terminal operator, has expanded operations to Saint-Malo in France with the creation of subsidiary company Saint-Malo Stevedores. The company, currently leading stevedoring operations in 13 port locations, has committed to invest €1million in new equipment at the Port of Saint-Malo having also secured a €200,000 grant from the Brittany region. The investment includes the purchase of new tugs for RoRo operations, forklifts and a loading shovel.The operations...

We’re featured in the guest article section of the the Rail Freight Group website this month. Take a look at how we quickly adapt to changeable cargo volumes at Solent Rail Terminal at the Port of Southampton. View the article on the RFG website »

An article in the Autumn issue of Dry Bulk magazine looking at how Solent Stevedores sets the industry standard for stevedoring.

Alongside our port and cruise partners, we have been eagerly awaiting news on the next steps to welcome the safe return of cruise. Since lock down, our support for cruise lines has continued, with passenger repatriation and stores loading and unloading at the Port of Southampton. It has been hard seeing these magnificent ships coming into the port without their passengers excited for the adventures that their cruise holiday has in store for them. We have continued to work hard to establish a...

Solent Stevedores welcomes an additional daily intermodal rail service from rail freight operator GB Railfreight at its Rail Terminal at the Port of Southampton. This fourth daily service from GBRf will operate from the Port of Southampton to East Midlands Gateway running five days a week. Following a significant partnership investment between ABP and Solent Stevedores last year, the terminal located close to international shipping lanes has increased capacity and efficiency turning around...

Solent Stevedores first opened the five-acre facility at London Gateway in 2016. The expansion will increase their site by 82% and will be fully operational by the end of 2020. The empty container yard, located on berth 7 of London Gateway Port, provides associated container services such as: empty container and reefer storage; maintenance and repair; and shunting. London Gateway’s deep-sea port handles the largest container vessels in the world and continues to open new trade routes to enable...