
23rd February 2020
Donation Helps Southampton Hospital’s Facilities for Older People
Earlier this month Williams Shipping Director Philip Williams presented Southampton Hospital Charity with a cheque to support their work. University Hospital Southampton provides services to 1.3 million people across South Hampshire, plus specialist services such as neuroscience and children’s intensive care. Providing all these services costs an astonishing £1.6m per day, but standard NHS funding […]

30th January 2020
Celebrating a Long Relationship with Red Funnel
A 68-year relationship Last December, Directors Colin and Eric Williams were given a beautiful commemorative bowl by Fran Collins, the CEO of Red Funnel. The gift was given in recognition of Williams Shipping’s 125-year anniversary, and of the long relationship between the two companies. Red Funnel was formed in 1861, just 33 years before Williams […]

16th December 2019
New – Quayside Open Storage
We now have additional quayside storage available at our Southampton Eastern Docks (Dock Gate 4) site. The partially concreted open storage area is ideal for companies using the Port, including vessel operators, cargo handlers and logistics firms. It is inside ABP Dock Gate 4, which has a manned gatepost at the entrance. In addition the […]

11th October 2019
Logistics on Land & Sea
One of the unique aspects of Williams Shipping is our capability on both land and sea. A large project for ALE last month drew on this specialist expertise. The former Murco refinery at Milford Haven has been undergoing works to convert it into a petroleum storage and distribution depot since 2015. Parts of the dismantled […]

25th September 2019
Moving a piece of Fawley’s history
Heavy haul truck W150 and extendable low-loader T170 were in use at Fawley earlier this month, helping move a part of the old power station. Fawley Power Station was an oil-fired power station that operated from 1971 to 2013. The power station was finally shut in March 2013, with decommissioning and demolition continuing ever since. Longstanding […]