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19th June 2024

Thousands of visitors, 450 exhibitors – Seawork 2024 hailed a success!

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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.

Philip Eric cake cutting

This year’s event, which brought together thousands of businesses and customers from the marine industry, combined open-air displays and over 70 vessels, floating plant and equipment on the quayside and pontoons, as well as purpose-built undercover exhibition space.

To celebrate Seawork’s 25th Anniversary, Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal officially opened the event on the Day 1. Her Royal Highness took the time to visit the Williams Shipping stand to meet and speak with Philip Williams (Managing Director – Marine) about all things marine. 

HRH & Philip Williams

This was followed by visits from the High Sheriff of Hampshire (Deputy Lieutenant of Hampshire), Jon Whitaker, and The Lord Mayor of Southampton, David Shields, who spoke to the team about ongoing projects, including the Williams Shipping apprenticeship programme.

This year, 200 school leavers joined the Careers Day. Williams Shipping apprentices, Faith, and Ella participated in the event and spoke at the ‘Commercial Marine Has Talent’ session.

Philip Williams commented:
“We are proud that Faith and Ella presented to a packed room, discussing in detail their apprenticeships, future aspirations and what it means to be an apprentice at Williams Shipping. They are inspiring young people to join the marine sector and promoting more diversity and inclusivity within the industry.”

Williams Shipping - Faith and Ella - apprenticeships

Philip continued:
“Our exhibition partner, Castrol, also showcased their cutting edge live Smart Monitor which helps vessels check oil health in real-time and can then feedback live detailed analysis direct to the customer. Overall, it was a fantastic event, and we look forward to exhibiting next year!”

If you did not get a chance to visit the Williams Shipping stand, please feel free to contact us for more information.

  • 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