
ANTHEM OF THE SEAS WELCOMED BACK AS SCH CRUISE OPERATIONS RAMP UP
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...

SCH AND CPS IN ATTENDANCE AS MAJOR MIAMI CRUISE EXHIBTION RETURNS
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...

SCH EXPANDS LINKS WITH CELEBRITY CRUISES BY SUPPORTING CELEBRITY BEYOND
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...

GEARING UP FOR FLEET OF NEW CALLERS IN UPCOMING CRUISE SEASON
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...

CPS AND SISTER COMPANIES PLAN FOR RETURN TO PRE-PANDEMIC CRUISE WORK
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...

GROWTH IN HEAVY RO-RO VOLUMES REFLECTS RISE IN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
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...

CRUISE SEASON 2021: A YEAR LIKE NO OTHER
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,...

AUGUST CRUISE OPERATIONS REACH NEW HEIGHTS AS SCH COMPANIES EXTEND NATIONWIDE
SCH and its sister companies have had their two busiest weekends since UK cruising restarted as August sees operations hit their peak. Several thousands of passengers were handled as Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, Disney Line and Celebrity Cruises get their UK...

CRUISE OPERATIONS IN SOUTHAMPTON AND LIVERPOOL BACK IN FULL SWING
Cruise operations in Southampton and Liverpool are back in full swing for SCH after an absence of more than 18 months. Celebrity Cruises’ Celebrity Silhouette began its UK coastal cruises for British passengers from Southampton following a multi-million dollar refit....

CPS APPOINTED TO PROVIDE CRUISE VALET PARKING SERVICES AT PORT OF DOVER
Leading cruise passenger valet parking providers Cruise and Passenger Services (CPS) have been awarded a contract to provide services for cruise passengers at the port of Dover. CPS will utilise on-site and undercover parking facilities in the Port to offer safe...
CHRISTMAS COME EARLY
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...
SCH Senior Operations Manager Mark Living looks at how ro-ro operators now offer a competitive alternative for the shipment of project cargoes…
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...
Digging Deep…..
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...
CRUISE OPERATIONS IN SOUTHAMPTON AND LIVERPOOL BACK IN FULL SWING
Cruise operations in Southampton and Liverpool are back in full swing for SCH after an absence of more than 18 months. Celebrity Cruises’ Celebrity Silhouette began its UK coastal cruises for British passengers from Southampton following a multi-million dollar refit....
ANTHEM OF THE SEAS WELCOMED BACK AS SCH CRUISE OPERATIONS RAMP UP
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...
Automatic Lift…
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...