The team at Southampton Container Terminals Ltd (SCT) has managed to achieve a record number of box moves across the quay during the month of March.

A total of 101,478 box moves across the quay were completed at the terminal, the largest number of box moves in a single month.  This is an increase of 72% compared to March 2006 where 59,125 box moves across the quay were completed.

On 10 May 2007, the landside operations handled a total of 2224 lorries in a 24 hour period.  This is an increase of 3.5% on the previous record of 2149 lorries that was set in October 2006.

Commenting on the records, Julian Walker, Head of Operations said:

“I am delighted with the fact that we have managed to break two more terminal records, 72% is a huge increase on quayside moves compared to the same time last year.  It is also interesting to see us handling more lorries now than we did in the peak.  A big thank you and well done to everyone involved in making this happen.”