by Satty Kaur | Jan 12, 2022 | News
Valet parking specialist Cruise and Passengers Services (CPS), in conjunction with its sister companies, are scheduled to handle some 450 cruise ship calls at ports throughout the UK in 2022. The increased volumes, which are expected to restore business to...
by Satty Kaur | Jan 6, 2022 | Blog
SCH trade volumes are set to build again in 2022 as the global recovery in manufacturing and passenger movements consolidates. Although deep-sea trade took a major step forward last year, manufacturing output remained constrained by factors such as a shortage of key...
by Satty Kaur | Dec 3, 2021 | Blog
Out-of-gauge cargoes are on the increase for SCH as it becomes increasingly more efficient and cheaper to ship on ro-ro vessels instead of breaking down large component parts to fit inside containers. Placing project cargoes – sometimes weighing up to 120 tonnes – on...
by Satty Kaur | Nov 24, 2021 | Cargo of the Month
More than a dozen heavyweight pieces of a Liebherr R9150 mine excavating machine, including two 50-tonne tracks, arrived in Southampton by road. SCH used its heavy lift expertise to transfer the pieces, totalling over 300 tonnes, from road transport to mafis before...
by Satty Kaur | Nov 3, 2021 | Cargo of the Month
SCH handles all sorts of project cargo using ship’s gear or mobile cranes – like these two ten-tonne offshore baskets which are used for transferring tools and equipment on to offshore platforms. After being delivered to Southampton by road, they were loaded to the...
by Satty Kaur | Oct 27, 2021 | News
SCH has seen a significant increase in heavy ro-ro operations in the year to date with loading and discharge operations through the port of Southampton both increasing. Exports of heavy ro-ro units such as construction equipment grew by 36 per cent in the nine months...
by Satty Kaur | Oct 11, 2021 | Blog
Our motorcycle centre in Central England is fast becoming a hub for bikes of all brands coming into the UK with four manufacturers currently utilising our skills and facilities. Arriving in stillage cases straight from mainly overseas production lines, our first move...
by Satty Kaur | Oct 7, 2021 | News
Cruising operations have steadily returned to full swing for SCH and its sister companies during 2021 with more than 150 ship calls supported at ports throughout the UK. The network of ports has grown for SCH and its subsidiaries with ships supported in Southampton,...
by Satty Kaur | Sep 29, 2021 | Cargo of the Month
Gently does it for this 19 tonne fire engine cab chassis that was brought in on a mafi trailer from the United States by K Line and then handled to road transport using one of SCH’s Reachstackers, before it was sent on its way up country to specialist fire engine...
by Satty Kaur | Aug 25, 2021 | Blog
Every cruise ship is different and planning a passenger and stores operation for a new vessel involves a careful assessment to ensure that a turnaround operation is completed in the most efficient way. Planning and assessment starts weeks in advance of a ship’s first...
