Port terminal operators Southampton Cargo Handling (SCH) have taken their roll-on/roll-off business through the Port of Southampton to new levels after handling their 200,000th unit of the year. It is the first time SCH, the Port’s major handler of deep-sea ro-ro...

New quality assurance and health and safety software introduced by SCH is enabling the company to improve standards and will save hundreds of hours a year in manpower. The package, tailored for use across the complete Independent Port Handling (IPH) group, replaces a...

SCH has handled the maiden call in Southampton of one of the world’s biggest roll-on/roll-off ships with the visit of Höegh Autoliners’ Hoegh Traveller. Built in China, Höegh Traveller is the fifth of six Post-Panamax New Horizon vessels that are being delivered to...

SCH Director Kevin Hulme has taken to sporting whiskers as he supports the annual Movember charity. Kevin will be raising money for the charity by growing a beard during the month, his contribution to the popular foundation movement that seeks to raise awareness and...

SCH has helped Liverpool to be named the ‘Best UK Port of Call’ and Southampton the ‘Best UK Departure Port’ by Cruise Critic, the world’s largest cruise review site. SCH, supported by its specialist recruitment agency Pathfinder Personnel, is in its first year of...

SCH underlined its credentials as the UK’s most extensive provider of cruise ship services by supporting over 8,000 passengers in three different ports in a single day. Biggest operation came in Southampton where the port terminal operators helped to disembark nearly...

  SCH has launched a new service for forwarders offering specialist cargo loading services on flat racks in the Port of Southampton. Based on its expertise in securing and lashing high and heavy cargoes, SCH will utilise dedicated facilities in the Port’s Western...

A much-needed Bloodmobile donated to Uganda by the National Health Service Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) department has been loaded by SCH in Southampton.   The second hand vehicle was shipped to Durban for onward transit to Uganda on the Hoegh Autoliners vessel...

When two cruise ships were forced to make unscheduled stops in Liverpool because of bad weather, SCH produced an express performance to ensure that hundreds of passengers were efficiently handled. The 28,000 tonnes Albatros, operated by the German travel agency...

Handling passenger baggage with care is part of every cruise ship call but there was a special assignment for SCH when the luxury cruise vessel Azamara Quest called in Southampton at the end of an 11-night cruise to ports located near some of the UK and Ireland’s most...