At Solent Stevedores we are very proud of the level of service provided to our customers at all times. To hear what our customers have to say about us, please see some of our recent testimonials below;
...“The recent record shipment of grain is a great example of collaboration at its best. At Frontier we have worked with farmers, storekeeper, hauliers, our joint venture investment Southampton Grain Terminal, ABP Southampton, Clarkson’s ships agency and finally Solent Stevedores to make this happen. Every part of the chain had to work together and to see the Lioness C steaming out of the Solent with almost 60,000 tonnes of wheat on board is testament to this.”
Jon Duffy
Frontier Agriculture
...“Thank you to you and your team for your excellent efforts on our first visit to your Ocean Terminal. We appreciated your team’s level of professionalism and the ability to run a fine Disembarkation / Embarkation. Your commitment and delivery is the first impression to our product and we are truly grateful for your support. Once again, thank you to your team.”
Martin
Hotel General Manager, Crown Princess
Princess Cruises
..."Many thanks to you and your Team at Southampton during loading of Atlant Regine. It was refreshing to find such a willing workforce. Ships Officers also commented on the friendly manner of all your staff employed both on the quay and onboard."
Captain Bill Harvey
Oxl/Flamar Cargo Superintendent.
...“The relationship between ABP and Solent Stevedores in the Port of Southampton, is a great example of close co-operation between port owners and stevedores. The recent £7m capital investment in equipment and infrastructure, on the back of a term agreement, has already led to increased trade and enhanced customer satisfaction.”
Doug Morrison
Port Director
ABP Port of Southampton
..."Transferring our operation to a new port location was always going to be a massive time of change for us, but the service and professionalism of Solent Stevedores meant that from day one, there was quite literally one thing less to worry about and this allowed us to focus on our own business.
Since this time we have also effectively doubled the capacity by putting a second vessel on the Channel Island route and again found Solent Stevedores to be very flexible in their approach to our new requirements. A dramatic reduction in stevedoring damage has also been experienced during this time so the 'proof is in the pudding'.
It’s not just what they say they can do, they do what they say."
Keith Renouard,
Chief Executive Officer,
Huelin Renouf Shipping,
Jersey
..."Tate & Lyle operate one of the largest sugar cane refineries in the world on the river Thames, importing around 1.5 million tonnes of raw sugar.
In 2007 we decided to outsource all our stevedoring activity and a number of established stevedoring companies were approached.
Solent Stevedores successfully illustrated to us that they were the right company to become our partners.
Since taking control of our port facility, Solent Stevedores have completely fulfilled our requirements and expectations.
From the very top down they have demonstrated their capability to meet our high standards safely, efficiently and competently.
They have re-invigorated our port operations and brought both world class solutions and best practice to our business.
I would not hesitate to recommend them to any future customer."
Andrew Morris
Port Operations Manager
Tate & Lyle Sugars
…"My thanks to you all (especially Jerry and the crane driver) for your fantastic response on the ‘Sea Charente’ at 0300hrs this morning. I could not have wished for a better response. Please accept my personal thanks. EXCELLENT!"
Simon Rowe
Operations Dept
Cory Bros Shipping Agency
Southampton
..."Thanks for the great job you did on the Twyford project. We will look to use yourselves again if there are any projects in the Southampton area."
Pablo Martinez-Moore
Master Production Scheduler
Saint-Gobain PAM CK Ltd.
..."Just to let you know I was very, very impressed with the positive and excellent attitude shown by your stevedores during recent loading operations in Southampton."
B. Sorensen
Master
‘Thor Ingeborg
..."We work very closely with a number of port authorities and stevedores around the UK and we would not hesitate to recommend Solent Stevedores.
The work undertaken for our Russian client was carried out exceptionally well, under very difficult circumstances.
A job well done by all concerned."
Kevin Cool
General Manager UK
Inchcape Shipping Services
..."Just a big thank you for your efforts loading the cases on the 'Mazin Arab'
We were very happy with the vessels turnaround and appreciate all the efforts put in."
Bob Brown
Liner Shipping Agencies UK Ltd
"Unfortunately due to a change in our customer’s group strategic policy, the rail ballast contract through Southampton is not being renewed.
May I thank you, and your team, for the safe, effective and efficient manner in which the daily requirements of our customer has been dealt with over the past six years.
Ours has been a very friendly and enjoyable relationship, allied to an appropriate degree of formality.
May I take this opportunity to wish all of you at Solent Stevedores well for the future."
RSP Taylor , Operations Director, Foster Yeoman.
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