SCH EXTENDS CRUISE HANDLING CONTRACT WITH LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL
Stevedores and port terminal management specialists SCH have been awarded the contract for a further three years with Liverpool City Council to handle all cruise ships calling at Liverpool Cruise Terminal (LCT). The agreement follows an extensive procurement and...
SCH TO REFURBISH 19TH CENTURY PORT BUILDING AS NEW HQ
Stevedoring and terminal management company SCH has acquired one of the oldest buildings adjacent to the Port of Southampton as its new office headquarters. Pilgrim House was built in the second half of the 19th century as the Southampton office of the Board of Trade...
SCH LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE TO REFLECT GROWING CAPABILITY
SCH has launched a new website to reflect the company’s growing port operations at locations throughout the UK. The site outlines the stevedoring and related services that SCH offers, underlining its position as the leading handler of deep-sea ro-ro cargoes in...
LONG SERVING SARAH TAKES WELL EARNED RETIREMENT
Sarah Thompson, one of SCH’s longest serving employees, has retired after nearly 30 years working in accounts. Sarah joined SCH from port owners ABP in 1991, shortly after the company was formed the previous year. In those days, SCH was purely a stevedoring company,...
HOEGH EXTENDS MIDDLE EAST SERVICE TO INCLUDE ASIA CALLS
Höegh Autoliners, one of SCH’s major ro-ro customers in the Port of Southampton, has announced that its Europe to Middle East service has been extended by adding further port calls in Asia to the schedule. The service now offers shippers two direct sailings per month...
SCH ADDS FORD TRAFFIC THROUGH LIVERPOOL TO ITS RO-RO VOLUMES
Roll-on/roll-off cargo specialists SCH have secured a contract to discharge Ford vehicles arriving at the port of Liverpool from the US and Europe. SCH, which handles more than 200,000 ro-ro units a year, discharges twice weekly shipments of Ford cars and vans to...
SCH COMPLETES SUCCESSFUL SUMMER CRUISE SEASON
SCH has completed a successful summer season for cruise ship services with some 150 ships handled around the UK. The biggest number of ships was handled in Southampton were Royal Caribbean International and Celebrity Cruises provided the mainstay of the eight-month...
BIKER ROB COMPLETES THUNDERSPORT SEASON WITH IMPRESSIVE FOURTH
SCH Motoprep Technical Manager Rob Smith finished a creditable fourth in his Thundersport GB club GP1 Sportsman class after completing three top four finishes in the final races of the season at Snetterton. Going into round eight of the campaign, Rob rode his BMW...
SCH BOAT SHOW GESTURE HELPS LOCAL CHARITIES
SCH has played its part in helping the port of Southampton raise more than £6,000 for three local charities after donating its car park for weekend use by visitors to the Southampton Boat Show. The car park at Pathfinder House, where SCH’s Motoprep business is based,...
BUSY RO-RO WEEK FOR SCH AS VOLUMES TAKE OFF
September has ended with SCH experiencing one of its busiest ro-ro weeks of the year by handling more than 8,000 cars and heavy wheeled units. The hectic end to the month saw 12 ships handled during the final full week of September, coming on the back of the...
SCH EXPERTS TAKE PART IN SOUTHAMPTON RO-RO SHOWCASE
SCH was among a group of expert companies invited to attend a specialist workshop on cargo lashing in Southampton’s Eastern Docks. The Ro-Ro Rodeo, hosted by Wallenius Wilhelmsen, included lashing demonstrations, guest speakers and promotional displays by leading...
On track for the Middle East…
This 67 tonnes tamping machine, used in railway track maintenance and repair, was wheeled on board Hoegh Autoliners’ Hoegh Sydney in Southampton bound for Jordan. The machine is used to pack the ballast under railway tracks to make them more stable and level.
