Why Solent Gateway - Solent Gateway

A freeport tax and customs site

Solent Gateway (SGL) at Marchwood Port is designated as a freeport tax site and customs site. Whilst many sites across the 8 freeports in England have either customs site or tax site status, few have both. This makes SGL a unique and compelling site for import, export, storage and manufacture – we have the facilities and space for all this in a single freeport site. Our ethos is built on making things easy; creating trusted, long-lasting partnerships that allow us to understand customers and deliver their unique requirements through bespoke, personal solutions.

The SGL team has worked across the port and logistics industries for decades. As such, we understand exactly what customers want and expect from port operations providers.

Agile & Innovative

A single location for all your needs

With new, much needed port and logistic facilities in a single location, SGL aims to be a seamless extension of your business, providing in-depth knowledge and experience to improve supply chain efficiency. Highly quality service and efficient, effective solutions drive our ethos and culture. At SGL, we’re forward thinking, agile and innovative, always going the extra mile to ensure what we offer is what our customers require.

RoRo and LoLo Facilities

SGL can accommodate a broad range of cargoes and services in a single location port and storage facilities and services including vessel loading and discharging; all aspects of stevedoring; cargo storage, movement and management; rail loading and unloading; and security services. The port development will create space for; businesses seeking land to develop their own facilities and operations within a freeport tax site and customs site; the facilitation of logistics hubs; business parks; storage; sea to rail, sea to road, automotive, project cargo, general cargo, dry bulk, break bulk and container storage.

Location

The Solent is a gateway economy of international significance, providing connectivity to global markets, for the wider UK economy. SGL provides one of the best locations in Britain for importing and exporting goods. Its proximity to many of the major shipping lanes brings several key benefits to our customers:

• Cost savings
• Time savings
• Reduced carbon emissions

Oxford

72 miles via M3 motorway

London

85 miles via M3 motorway

Birmingham

140 miles via M3 motorway

Calais

~155 miles via vessel

Dunkirk

~175 miles via vessel

Zeebrugge

~215 miles via vessel

Rotterdam

~295 miles via vessel

Port facilities

SGL has four berths across two jetties with RoRo and LoLo capability available for commercial vessels. Solent Gateway also boasts an extensive railway network within the port for the transportation of freight to and from vessels, with direct links to the national rail network for ease of transportation to anywhere in the UK.

Mulberry Jetty

Berths 1 and 2

4m Depth

Maintained to 4 metres below Chart Datum.

115m Useable Length

Falklands Jetty

Berths 3 and 4.

Due to Southampton Water’s unique double tide, we are able to operate for extended periods well beyond this level with capability accommodating vessels of up to length 205 metres / beam 27 metres.

8m Depth

Maintained to eight metres below Chart Datum (Including Approach)

169m Usable Length

Two Dolphins are available for vessels up to 210m

Fixed Conventional

Fendering type

Rail access & link

Span facilities are available on each berth

2 Cranes

Two 32 tonne rail mounted cranes, with container handling ability

Link-span Pontoons

Maximum 100 tonnes (SWL) – variable freeboard settings on both spans

Slip way

A slipway facility is available at request – please contact us for more information.

an aerial view across the solent gateway port

Tidal and Infrastructure Height

2.74m

Below Ordnance Datum Newlyn (BODN)
Maintained depths below Chart Datum (CD)

4.5m

Mean High Water Springs (MHWS)

0.5m

Mean Low Water Springs (MLWS)

3.7m

Mean High Water Neaps (MHWN)

1.8m

Mean Low Water Neaps (MLWN)

3.53m

Above Ordnance Datum Newlyn (AODN)
Quay/Jetty height

Tide Times

Predicted Times and Heights of High and Low Tide for Southampton.

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This is a unique opportunity for access to a Freeport Tax and Customs site. We are creating 225 acres of high quality multimodal port capacity with outstanding connectivity by sea, rail and road.