Results for: Case Studies
7th February 2018
Towing WaveSub for sea trials
Assisting UK marine technology development company Marine Power Systems (MPS), we provided towage for their wave energy device, the WaveSub, from Waterloo Quay to Milford Docks, where it awaits further tests and trials. The specific construction of the device meant careful towage at no more than 2 knots, which was provided by Wilanne with 3 […]
1st February 2018
Passenger airbridge move
Team work ensured the safe delivery of 2 sections of a passenger airbridge when it was transported through the Western docks at the Port of Southampton. The operation involved King Lifting providing & operating the cranes, Teahan Convoi Services providing the escort service, 2 of our trucks with extending power steered flat-bed trailers to transport […]
6th December 2017
ABP Airbridge Move
We put our new fully power-steered, hydraulic trailer to use by assisting ABP with manoeuvring and repositioning one of their airbridges.
16th August 2017
Fuselage Cargo Handling & Transport
Our growing cargo handling operation works closely with freight forwarders, and a recent project witnessed the transportation and handling of a valuable plane fuselage from Leicester, UK to a museum in the UAE. The cargo was collected and delivered to our transport services headquarters in Millbrook, strategically located in Southampton. Simultaneously, our team collected an empty ISO flat-rack […]
14th August 2017
Abnormal Load to London
We worked for an engineering company helping them to move some enormous 26 metre steel beams to the new development being built in White City. The beams were loaded in our yard in Southampton using our Hyster Reach Stacker and then taken up to London. This a huge redevelopment of White City, where the BBC […]
17th July 2017
Marine Logistics Support For Cruise Liner
Working with the Norwegian Jade team, we supplied a wide range of our vessels and equipment to assist them in essential life craft equipment maintenance. The Willpower moved our barge, Wilcarry 1711 with a 90t crane on board, which lifted the life rafts and equipment on and off the cruise liner. The Willsupply was used […]
24th April 2017
Towage for Floating Bridge 6 – Arrival at East Cowes
Working closely with Mainstay Marine, our marine team provided towage for the new Floating Bridge 6 from Pembroke Dock to East Cowes on the Isle of Wight.
17th March 2017
Logistics Support for Marine Civil Engineering at Poole
Civil engineering company and long standing client BAM Nuttall chartered the Wilcarry 1711 barge for the Poole South Quay extension project. Over a 4-day period, BAM Nuttall utilised our marine base to prepare the barge and load a 160t crane and associated equipment. The barge was then towed by the Willsupply and Willchallenge to Poole. […]
Devanning, Storage and Stock Management
Working closely with Supreme Freight, we provide a comprehensive logistics service for receiving and moving sea freight. Goods typically arrive into Southampton docks in containers from China, and with our logistics base adjacent to Dock Gate 20 with easy motorway access, we are ideally located for receiving these goods. Our team empty the containers of pallets, a […]
Oversized Load Transport
Working closely with Southampton’s port company ABP, we provided transport and logistics support for two oversized loads. ABP required two heavy-lift cranes to remove and load two ship-to-shore walkways, which were then moved to an adjacent berth for open storage. Our logistics team provided two extendible trailers and trucks to safely secure and transport the abnormal loads, which were escorted from […]
