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7th June 2021

Access multiple services from our berth in Southampton Port

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Williams Shipping’s deep water berth in Southampton Docks is ideally located, giving access to our comprehensive quayside marine facilities as well as links to our extensive transport and logistics and storage and warehousing services.

We offer an all-round solution for our customers. We provide the space to carry out operations in a secure location, with hardstanding, warehousing and quayside craneage on hand.

Richard Brooks, General Manager at Williams Shipping

Deep water berthing in Southampton

Located at berths 20-21 in Southampton’s Empress Dock, Williams Shipping has over 100m of deep water (7m) berthing, suitable for a broad range of vessels including ferries, coasters, dredgers, tugs, super yachts and racing yachts.

We can assist vessels in coming alongside, providing tugs and mooring teams if required, and provide all essential quayside facilities to support the vessel whilst in port, including fendering, spacer barges, electricity, fresh water, waste reception, access and craneage.

Wide range of quayside services available

Williams Shipping is well-placed to offer services to vessels berthed in on our deep water quay carrying out numerous operations and activities including:

Cargo Handling

We can supply a range of cargo-handling equipment, including cranes and forklift trucks, and bring specialist or heavy duty craneage and transport on site if needed. Our large area of reinforced concrete quayside provides generous hard standing for loading and unloading, so we can cater for project cargo and non-standardised loads with ease, and store trailers and other vehicles if required.

Storage facilities

Extensive quayside storage is available for direct access from ships and vessels on our 100m berth. Open and covered storage on site is boosted by access to further storage facilities at Williams Shipping sites across Southampton, and we provide transport between sites to ensure that your stored cargo is available wherever and whenever you need it.

Secure and discreet

Away from the public eye, Williams Shipping’s berth at Southampton Docks is inside ABP Dock Gate 4 and protected by 24hr manned security staff and on site CCTV. The facility is fully flood lit and we can offer 24/7 site access.  Additional secure storage is available using locked shipping containers through our sister company Willbox.

Ideal for carrying out maintenance

Vessels frequently moor at our berth to carry out refit and general maintenance work.  There is parking on site for contractors and crews, and we can provide temporary site offices and containers if required.

Easy access to transport services

Williams Shipping has significant experience in specialist road transport and logistics and is always ready to provide advice and practical solutions relating to haulage, project moves and marine logistics.

Our extensive fleet of trucks and specialist vehicles are on hand ready to deliver maintenance supplies, cargo and specialist loads wherever you need them, thanks to Southampton’s easy access to major road and rail networks.

Fabrication

Our 3 acre site is a practical solution for marine fabricators, who need to build adjacent to the quayside for onward shipment or marine deployment. The facility is easily accessible by sea or overland with our Marine and Logistics support.

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The dock in Southampton
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Employees working on the dock

Marine Services from the quayside

Williams Shipping offers a full range of marine services within Southampton Docks, Southampton Water, The Solent and beyond with our fleet of vessels, on our 21 Berth quayside. Our full range of marine services includes:

  • Anchor handling
  • Ships anchor changing
  • Buoy Maintenance
  • Ships towage
  • Pontoon & barge charter
  • Paint float charter
  • Multicat & workboat charter
  • Road transportable workboats
  • Civil engineering support
  • Survey vessels
  • Safety boats
  • Fresh water delivery
  • Pilot boat support
  • Navigation mark servicing and response
  • Oil Spill response
  • Crane barge operations
  • Yokohama pneumatic fenders
Williams Shipping equipment

24/7 Quayside support in Southampton         

Williams Shipping provides a fully comprehensive range of quayside support services for a wide range of marine, construction and commercial operations in and around the south coast of England. Our expert teams are always available to provide support and advice.

Contact Williams Shipping to find out more by calling 023 8023 7330 or email [email protected].

Williams Shipping assists the UK’s marine industries with a broad range of services including towage, craneage, stores deliveries, equipment hire and crew transfer. We operate a fleet of 27 workboats, launches and barges, including dedicated wind turbine blade vessels. From our headquarters in Southampton and bases in Milford Haven and Aberdeen we provide specialist services and expertise to the transport, marine, construction, engineering, defence, renewable energy and shipping industries. 

  • I just wanted to say thank you – it was a very challenging site to work at and make delivery to. Your drivers showed courtesy, patience and professionalism throughout the day

    Philip Kingston,
    Kingston Building Solutions

  • Thank you for your assistance, it was very much appreciated and a special thank you to Bob who did a fantastic job.

    Jenny Wilkinson,
    Interserve Defence Ltd

  • We are very happy with the service provided by your company, especially the driver and we will be using your company for any future work.

    Bob Sarkar,
    National Gritting Service

  • I would like to personally thank you, as a company, and every one of your drivers for their professional approach to the deliveries to our site, all of your drivers have been absolutely fantastic.

    Andy Jenner,
    EP Renewable Energies Limited

  • On Behalf of the Environment Agency and the Residents of Romsey and Winchester, I would like to convey our warmest gratitude for the support you provided during recent flooding. Without you we would not have been able to respond as quickly or effectively as we did.

    James A Humphrys,
    Environment Agency

  • We would like to thank yourself and your team at Williams Shipping for all your help last week, your team were great at getting us around and in position where and when we needed to be in spite of some rotten weather.

    Cliff Stonestreet,
    Fully Fused Fireworks Worldwide Event Management

  • Thank you very much for your assistance and I have to say the two crew members on the vessel could not have been more helpful.

    Steve Beck,
    Burgess Marine

  • May I take this opportunity to thank you for an excellent service, could you also please pass on my thanks to all of your skippers who have helped us over the past few weeks.

    Gwyn Goforth,
    Svitzer UK