by Satty Kaur | May 16, 2022 | News
SCH has welcomed back Royal Caribbean Cruise Line’s Anthem of the Seas as she embarks on her 2022 season from Southampton. Anthem of the Seas started her summer programme with nearly 4,000 passengers joining the ship for a short cruise to France. She then returned to...
by Satty Kaur | May 9, 2022 | Cargo of the Month
This 35 tonne remote controlled gantry was shipped from Southampton to Australia via Hoegh Autoliners’ vessel Hoegh New York, having first been carefully offloaded from road transport and then manoeuvred on board. With a 70-tonne load capacity, the gantries are used...
by Satty Kaur | Apr 25, 2022 | News
SCH and sister company Cruise and Passenger Services (CPS)will be showcasing their cruise handling skills to the world when they exhibit at Seatrade Cruise Global 2022, which starts in Miami today and lasts for four days. The prestigious event is the meeting place for...
by Satty Kaur | Apr 25, 2022 | News
SCH is expanding its links with Celebrity Cruises by supporting the line’s new ship Celebrity Beyond on its inaugural calls in Southampton. The prestigious visits by Celebrity’s latest vessel will see SCH provide extensive stevedoring support to the new ship as she...
by Satty Kaur | Apr 19, 2022 | Cargo of the Month
This 53 tonnes piece of oil well equipment, known as a Christmas tree, was headed out to Singapore on a Hoegh Autoliners vessel from Southampton but first it needed a heavy lift transfer from road transport to mafi. Offshore Christmas trees control the flow of a well...
by Satty Kaur | Apr 14, 2022 | Blog
The bulk of ro-ro shipments have traditionally focused on cars and heavier wheeled plant but those staples are now being augmented by a growing trend for out-of-gauge cargo. Shippers are finding that ro-ro vessels offer a competitive alternative when it comes to...
by Satty Kaur | Feb 18, 2022 | Cargo of the Month
This Trommel mining equipment weighing 75 tonnes was carefully lifted from road transport, loaded and secured on a mafi trailer prior to being shipped on a K Line vessel heading for the Far East via Southampton. The machine, built by MDS International in Ireland, is...
by Satty Kaur | Feb 8, 2022 | Blog
Maintaining skills is essential to every company in the port sector, particularly in the current environment where labour shortages are being felt across many industries. The challenges of the pandemic have fuelled a problem that was already growing before 2020 and...
by Satty Kaur | Jan 28, 2022 | News
SCH and sister company SMS will add at least ten new cruise vessels to their fleet lists during the forthcoming season as new builds and new lines flood the UK. New calls are spread across Southampton, Liverpool and Portsmouth where SCH and SMS provide stevedoring and...
by Satty Kaur | Jan 13, 2022 | Cargo of the Month
This fascinating, vintage Cromwell tank, built in 1943, required special handling when it arrived in the Port of Southampton by road from Buckinghamshire. After laying in a forest in Finland for many years, the tank was restored by specialists Track and Wheel...
