Results for: June, 2024
19th June 2024
Thousands of visitors, 450 exhibitors – Seawork 2024 hailed a success!
Williams Shipping are riding high after exhibiting at Seawork, Europe’s largest on-water commercial marine and workboat event, at Southampton’s iconic Mayflower Park. This event also coincided with Williams Shipping’s 130th Anniversary which was celebrated on the stand with 80 guests who toasted this milestone with some fizz and cake. This year’s event, which brought together […]
17th March 2022
Williams Shipping assist Boskalis in Southampton Dredging project
The requirement Boskalis have been contracted to dredge the swinging ground at the DP World Container Terminal in Southampton Docks over a period of 5 weeks. They have used their backhoe dredger “Odin”. With this sophisticated dredger they can remove material very precisely. She will then load four non-propelled Split Hopper Barges which will […]
19th June 2019
Our 50th Breakfast Meeting
More than 60 people attended our latest Breakfast Club meeting. The William Shipping Breakfast Club brings together representatives from businesses and local organisations to network over a cooked breakfast and a presentation from a speaker with local or marine connection. These events have been held several times each year since 1997, with previous speakers including […]
30th April 2019
Towing the Red Kestrel Ro-Ro Ferry
Red Kestrel, the new Red Funnel freight ferry, was towed by Willpower from the shipyard in Liverpool to Southampton in April. Red Kestrel The Red Kestrel is a new £10m ro-ro freight ferry, built by UK shipbuilder Cammell Laird. The ship is designed to provide additional capacity for freight moving to and from East Cowes […]
5th March 2019
Williams Shipping celebrates 125th anniversary
In 2019 we are celebrating a remarkable achievement – our 125th anniversary. In 1894 New Forest farmer, George Williams, bought a boat at auction and converted it into a sailing barge. With this vessel, “Spec”, he began a business transporting cargoes such as bricks and coal. A Maritime Heritage Since then, Williams Shipping’s vessels have […]
27th June 2018
See us next week at Seawork
Next week Williams Shipping will be exhibiting at Seawork. You can find us in stand PG125, Hall 2. Seawork is Europe’s leading marine and workboat exhibition. Running since 1998, it is home to more than 10,000 maritime products, equipment, services and vessels, with demonstrations, sea trials and other features. As well as 5 halls of […]








