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5th June 2019
Building a lay-over berth for Red Funnel’s new freight ferry
With the Isle of Wight an increasingly popular destination for tourists, Red Funnel decided to free up ferry space by commissioned a new ro-ro freight ferry. The new vessel, Red Kestrel, can carry up to 12 articulated lorries, and for the immediate term will be using the same berths as the other ferries. To prevent […]
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 […]
17th January 2019
Williams Shipping celebrates new marine lubricants supply contract
Williams Shipping Marine Lubricants is pleased to announce a major new contract for supply of marine lubricants to an Aberdeen-based marine services company.
13th August 2018
Richard Brooks joins Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers
Williams Shipping’s Marine General Manager Richard Brooks has become a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers. The Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers is the professional body for shipbrokers, ship managers and agents of the commercial shipping industry worldwide. It is dedicated to setting and maintaining the highest standards in international transport and shipping. Individual professional membership […]
8th August 2018
Working with Fourtees Engineering for Antarctic Success
As part of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) project to modernise its Antarctic infrastructure, we provided a full logistics package to Fourtees Engineering, including transport, craneage, handling and open storage at our Nursling site. Fourtees, who are working for BAM Nuttall, have fabricated structures which will be used to build a new wharf at Rothera […]
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 […]
26th April 2018
Williams Shipping Team Runs in Hottest ABP Southampton Event Ever
Congratulations to the Williams Shipping runners who suffered through one of the hottest ABP Southampton events ever! Despite the conditions, everyone successfully completed their chosen distance. Pictured, left to right: Jonathan Williams, Victoria Williams, David Nightingale, Tony Willis, Sam Barnsdall and Kate Viney. Pat Archer also ran, representing the Willbox team.
23rd April 2018
Williams Shipping Begins Turbine Blade Contract for MHI Vestas
Williams Shipping is pleased to have started working on a contract to transport 82m offshore wind turbine blades for Isle of Wight-based wind energy specialists MHI Vestas.
20th April 2018
Join us at Multimodal 2018
The Williams Shipping team will be at Stand 8000 at this year’s Multimodal event taking place between 1-3rd May at the NEC Birmingham. Now in its eleventh year, Multimodal is the UK & Ireland’s premier freight transport, logistics and supply chain management event. Multimodal represents every logistics sector under one roof, providing a highly valued […]
