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Illegal immigrants caught at Hampshire ferry port

Illegal immigrants caught at Hampshire ferry port

1:43pm Thursday 16th May 2013

Two illegal immigrants have been found hiding in a lorry at a Hampshire ferry port.

Keel laying for new P&O ship

10:30am Wednesday 15th May 2013

SHE will be the largest cruise ship ever built specifically for the British market – and Southampton will be her home.

Gangway collapses into sea at ferry terminal

9:56am Wednesday 8th May 2013

An investigation has been launched after a gangway collapsed into the sea this morning.

‘Little ships’ sail in for maritime event

4:44pm Friday 3rd May 2013

SOUTHAMPTON will be welcoming a unique band of Second World War heroines during this bank holiday weekend.

Shipping firm reports boom in cruises

4:48pm Friday 3rd May 2013

Cruise liner company Fred Olsen Cruises, which has several sailings from Southampton, has reported its highest ever number of advance registrations for the firm’s new 2014/15 cruise programme.

One of world's most colourful cruise ships sails into city

8:10am Monday 29th April 2013

ONE of the world's most colourful cruise ships has sailed into Southampton.

New cruise ship revealed

4:18pm Tuesday 16th April 2013

Bumper cars, sky diving, a London Eye-style crane pod and virtual balconies for inside cabins are just some of the features announced today for Royal Caribbean's next cruise ship Quantum of the Seas.

Record response to Oasis's Euro season

2:00pm Tuesday 16th April 2013

FOLLOWING last week’s announcement that the world’s largest cruise ship, Oasis of the Seas, would visit Southampton on its first ever European season, thousands of people have pre-registered their interest to be first in the queue to make a booking when it makes its debut in autumn 2014.

Royal affair as queens pass by

5:00am Wednesday 10th April 2013

FOR the first time since 1967, a Cunard Queen Elizabeth has met up with the long-retired, former Southampton liner Queen Mary in Long Beach, California.

Duchess to name ship in Southampton

9:10am Tuesday 9th April 2013

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge will make her first visit to Hampshire when she officially names the world's newest cruise ship in Southampton in June.

Business doubles for stevedores

6:12pm Thursday 28th March 2013

SOUTHAMPTON based, Solent Stevedores more than doubled the number of ships the company handled during 2012 compared to the previous year.

HMS Edinburgh returns to Hampshire

12:06pm Thursday 28th March 2013

The last of a generation of Royal Navy warships has returned to port from overseas deployment for the final time.

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Timeless pieces of port’s heritage

6:14pm Thursday 28th March 2013

THEY have welcomed visitors to the Western Docks for around 80 years and now four striking art deco-style clocks have been given a facelift.

New container route to boost trade

12:36pm Wednesday 27th March 2013

Record breaking efficiency at the DP World Southampton's container berths has clinched a major boost for the city's docks.

Largest cruise ship in the world to arrive in city

9:50am Wednesday 27th March 2013

The world's largest cruise ship, Oasis of the Seas, which is 40 per cent larger than any previous vessel ever seen before in Southampton, is to arrive in the city next year.

Win a tour of Norwegian Breakaway for you and your school class

3:13pm Tuesday 26th March 2013

SHE WILL be one of the most colourful sights ever to arrive in Southampton when Norwegian Breakaway sails into the port in April.

Hundreds cheer as sailors are given freedom of the town

4:07pm Friday 22nd March 2013

Crowds have lined the streets to show their support for service personnel who exercised their freedom of their home town.

Warship welcomed into fleet

4:37pm Thursday 21st March 2013

Hundreds of people have attended a ceremony in Hampshire to welcome the Royal Navy's newest warship into the fleet.

24,000 cruise passengers as five luxury ships visit in one day

10:25am Wednesday 20th March 2013

MORE than 24,000 people will flood into Southampton when a total of five cruise ships call on the city on the same day this summer.

Arrests over shot cruise passengers

2:23pm Tuesday 19th March 2013

A British woman shot alongside her husband while on holiday in Barbados has been released from hospital, police on the island said today.

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Cruise passengers shot in Caribbean

5:29pm Monday 18th March 2013

Two British tourists who were travelling on board a Southampton-based cruise ship are in hospital after being shot during a stop in the Caribbean.

Titanic band leader's violin discovered

6:16pm Friday 15th March 2013

THE violin that was played by the bandmaster on the Titanic can be revealed for the first time along with the story behind its discovery.

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Cruise industry boost for city as more ships set to call

4:00am Wednesday 13th March 2013

Southampton’s regional economy is set for a major cash injection as the city prepares to welcome a record number of visiting cruise ships in 2013.

32 sue over cruise sickness nightmare

1:20pm Tuesday 12th March 2013

Passengers taking action say they were not told of norovirus on previous voyage MORE than 30 passengers are taking a Southampton holiday firm to court after hundreds were struck down with a vomiting bug onboard a luxury cruise.

Lifeboat crews rescue photographers from stranded yacht

3:23pm Tuesday 12th March 2013

Two lifeboats went to the aid of a 57ft yacht that was left stranded in the Solent after suffering engine failure.

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New Titanic II liner will be so successful a THIRD Titanic may be built says magnate

10:00am Saturday 2nd March 2013

The billionaire building Titanic II, an exact replica of the ill-fated liner, said the vessel will be a living memorial to hundreds of Southampton crew members who died in the disaster.

Stroke victim rescued from fort in the Solent

6:24pm Friday 22nd February 2013

Lifeboat crew members had to improvise a method using ropes and a stretcher to rescue a casualty who had suffered a stroke while working on a sea fort.

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First images of the planned Titanic II revealed

5:16pm Thursday 21st February 2013

THESE are the first, exclusive glimpses of how Titanic II will look when she arrives in Southampton for her maiden voyage in 2016.

Major dredging scheme gets go ahead

4:39pm Tuesday 19th February 2013

Southampton has finally been given the go-ahead for a major dredging scheme, which will ensure the city's long term future as one of the world's major sea ports.

Cake Boy serves up tasty treats for cancer charity

12:44pm Friday 15th February 2013

TELEVISION celebrity “Cake Boy”

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P&O revamp three cruise ships

2:10pm Tuesday 5th February 2013

A MAJOR multimillion-pound refit to three of Southampton’s best known cruise ships is under way as they prepare for the hectic 2013 summer season.

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New Channel ferry route launched from Hampshire

3:09pm Wednesday 30th January 2013

A NEW route between Hampshire and France has been announced by Brittany Ferries.

Luxury treatment for QE2

12:12pm Wednesday 23rd January 2013

Owners promise to look after city’s former liner Queen Elizabeth 2 as it is turned into a 500-bed hotel

Trapped cruise ship freed from Antarctic ice

1:01pm Tuesday 22nd January 2013

A CRUISE liner which became trapped in massive ice floes has been rescued by a Hampshire based Royal Navy vessel.

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QE2 to be taken to Asia

9:47am Thursday 17th January 2013

Famous passenger liner the Queen Elizabeth 2 will be moved to Asia as a floating luxury hotel, according to its owners.

Navy's drinking culture must stop, submarine shooting inquest rules

2:29pm Monday 14th January 2013

THE Royal Navy's culture of heavy drinking must stop, if the scenes like the fatal shooting of a senior officer on a submarine in Southampton are to never be repeated, an inquest found today.

'Phenomenally brave' sailor praised for heroism during shooting

11:58am Wednesday 9th January 2013

A SENIOR Navy officer has described the “phenomenally brave” actions of a murdered colleague as a crazed gunman opened fire on board a nuclear submarine berthed in Southampton.

London calling for luxury QE2?

10:31am Tuesday 8th January 2013

MINISTERS are being urged to back a plan to put Southampton’s former great liner, Queen Elizabeth 2, in one of the most famous waters of all – the River Thames in London.

Sailor was killed trying to tackle gunman

3:44pm Wednesday 2nd January 2013

A HERO sailor was shot in the head as he tried to tackle a junior colleague who went on a murderous rampage onboard a nuclear submarine docked in Southampton, an inquest heard today.

Sickness bug outbreak on QM2 rises to 215 cases

12:00pm Wednesday 2nd January 2013

FRESH cases of a highly contagious sickness bug are still being reported on board a Southampton-based ship as it cruises around the Caribbean.

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Body found at Town Quay

3:55pm Monday 31st December 2012

THE BODY of a woman was pulled out of Southampton Water this afternoon.

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QM2 hit with norovirus

4:45pm Friday 28th December 2012

A SOUTHAMPTON-based ship has been hit by the highly contagious norovirus while on a Christmas Caribbean cruise.

QE2 in potential £20m deal to be scrapped

10:07am Monday 24th December 2012

The QE2, one of Southampton's most iconic cruise ships, could be set to be sold for scrap for £20m.

Passengers launch compensation bid after norovirus outbreak on ship

7:20am Saturday 22nd December 2012

PASSENGERS struck down by a norovirus outbreak aboard the Southampton-based cruise ship Oriana have launched a battle for compensation.

Second P&O ship in norovirus alert

9:00am Saturday 15th December 2012

Passengers on board another P&O liner, Azura, have reported symptoms of norovirus, following a mass outbreak of the sickness bug on Oriana.

Holiday from Hell on Oriana after virus hits hundreds

3:35pm Friday 14th December 2012

"THE HOLIDAY from hell" is how passengers have described their voyage on a Southampton-based cruise ship after hundreds were struck down with norovirus.

Bug-stricken cruise ship docks in Southampton

7:30am Friday 14th December 2012

PASSENGERS were disembarking this morning at Southampton docks from a cruise ship after hundreds of them were struck down with norovirus.

Virus ship passengers holding crunch meeting

4:59pm Thursday 13th December 2012

A CRUNCH meeting is being held on board a bug-stricken cruise ship tonight before it docks into Southampton port tomorrow morning.

Maritime monster arrives in Southampton

9:40am Sunday 9th December 2012

Dwarfing all that has gone before her, she is quite simply the biggest man-made object to move across the face of our planet.

Accolade for cruise port

11:42am Tuesday 4th December 2012

Two cities with links to the Titanic have won best port awards in the centenary year of the disaster.

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