With the award in January 2010 of the Carnival UK Cruise Vessel support contract, Solent Stevedores has extended its range of activities to the provision of baggage and stores handling, and other support services to Cruise ships visiting the Port of Southampton.

Key Management and staff with extensive relevant experience have been recruited to ensure a high level of service as would be expected in the UK’s number one Cruise Port.

A full range of equipment is available to meet any client requirements, giving the company the capability to handle multiple cruise ships at any one time.

4 cruise Terminals

The Port of Southampton boasts 4 cruise Terminals:-

Mayflower Terminal
Quayside length: 350m Depth of water alongside quay 10.2m
SO15 1HJ - view map

Ocean Terminal
Quayside length: 480m
Depth of water alongside quay: 10.2m
SO14 3QN - view map

QE II Terminal
Quayside length: 508m
Depth of water alongside quay: 10.5m
SO14 3GG - view map

City Terminal
Quayside length: 370m
Depth of water alongside quay: 10.2m
SO15 1AJ - view map

Find out more

For more information about our Cruise Vessel Support Services, please contact us;

Email:

keith@solentstevedores.com

enquiries@solentstevedores.com

Latest News

Miami SeaTrade Exhibition

“Representatives from Solent Stevedores attended the Miami Seatrade Exhibition in March, together with a number of other attendees from Southampton, to bring together a “Southampton- Cruise Capital of the UK” presentational stand. The aim is to present Southampton as a Cruise destination, generating revenue and prestige for the City and Solent Stevedores.

IN THE PRESS - Shipping and Marine Magazine

Excerpt: Talking of the Cruise Vessel Services provided to Carnival UK, Ian Jacobs - General Manager comments

“In 2011 Solent Stevedores handled over 240 cruise ships in Southampton. We are turning around up to 8000 guests and typically 20,000 pieces of baggage per vessel and as you can imagine, this takes some organisation given the time frames we are working to.

“Of course when cruise vessels call at Southampton there is also normally a large stores requirement, which can range from toothpaste to the props required for the onboard theatres. On a typical cruise call this can be upwards of 300 tonnes of stores, so again we need to ensure we have the right skills and equipment in place to handle the requirements, after all we have a limited time to perform the needs of our clients.”

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P&O Cruises plans special 175th Anniversary event

On Tuesday 3rd July 2012, P&O Cruises has scheduled that all their seven vessel cruise fleet will simultaneously turn round in Southampton, as part of the company’s 175th anniversary.

This will be a  particularly challenging day for the port and city of Southampton, especially as over 30,000 cruise passengers and several thousand visitors, including high profile VIP’s, are expected to attend.

Whilst Solent Stevedores remains committed to service the requirements of  their customers at all times,  it is considered prudent to pre-advise you of the likely challenges this enhanced cruise activity will have on general port business and traffic management on this date.

For more information please contact us.

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