Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
It is the busiest cruise terminal and second largest container port in the UK. By volume of port traffic, Southampton is a Medium-Port City globally. [2] The port is ten miles (16 km) inland, between the confluence of the rivers Test and Itchen and the head of the mile-wide drowned valley known as Southampton Water.
Southampton Docks foundation and commemorative plaque, inside dock gate 4; Lucius Curtis laid the foundation stone on 12 October 1838. Trade gradually increased, and soon the port was handling wine and fruit from Spain and Portugal; grain from Ireland and eastern England; woollen stockings from the Channel Islands; slate and building stone from Scotland; coal from Newcastle and Scotland, and ...
Carnival House is a landmark office building in the city of Southampton, Hampshire, England. It is a purpose-built headquarters for Carnival UK, the United Kingdom operating company of Carnival Corporation & plc, the world's largest cruise shipping company. The building was officially opened on Sunday 19 July 2009.
This is a list of busiest cruise ports by passengers. ... Port of Southampton: 1,899,654 [8] United Kingdom: 13: Port of George Town, ...
Town/city Ownership 1 Port of Felixstowe: 1875 Felixstowe: Hutchison Port Holdings: 2 Port of Southampton: 1843 Southampton: Associated British Ports: 3 Port of Tilbury: 1908 London: Forth Ports: 4 Port of London: 2013 London: DP World: 5 Port of Immingham: 1912 Immingham: Associated British Ports: 6 Port of Liverpool: 1971 Liverpool: The Peel ...
It is the busiest cruise-ship terminal in the UK and also handles the majority of vehicle imports into the country. [80] In 2012, a century after the RMS Titanic disaster, the city council opened the SeaCity Museum. [80] In the 2010s several developments to the inner city of Southampton were completed.
Associated British Ports owns and operates 21 ports in the United Kingdom, managing around 25 per cent of the UK's sea-borne trade. The company's activities cover transport, haulage and terminal operations, ship's agency, dredging and marine consultancy.
The dock was built as part of the westward expansion of Southampton Docks, then owned by the Southern Railway.There had previously been several dry docks in the port, each larger than its predecessor, but a larger dock was needed to accommodate the new passenger liners which were coming into service, including RMS Queen Mary (1,019 ft (311 m)) and RMS Queen Elizabeth (1,031 ft (314 m)).