Southampton is one of the UK's busiest and most important ports and is widely recognised as the capital of the country's cruise industry.

Southampton is also the number-one car-handling port in the UK, home to the country's second largest container terminal, Southampton Container Terminals, and is the sole UK port for all Canary Islands fresh-produce imports. Southampton also handles a variety of general cargo, including dry-bulk cargoes and minerals, such as animal feed, agribulks, sand aggregates and marble chippings.

Southampton offers:

• the ability to handle any type of cargo and virtually any size of vessel afloat
• a central position on the UK’s south coast

• a location close to the main international shipping lanes

• excellent motorway connections linking the port to London and the rest of the UK

• full rail connections, with many trades handled by specialised rail carriages

• specialist facilities dedicated to handling particular trades, and spacious covered accommodation and extensive open areas

• a wide choice of specialist port-service companies

• www.abparking.co.uk - to book car-park spaces
• www.dockstour.info - for information about port tours
• www.southamptonvts.co.uk - for live shipping information
• www.sotonmet.co.uk - for weather information from
                                   Southampton's dockhead

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