Williams Shipping is a marine services & logistics company based in

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. Its services include vessel chartering, marine operation services, oil spill response, road transport, marine lubricants and container hire.

History

George Williams founded the company in 1894, after a career working on

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Marine Fleet

Transport fleet

In 2014, the company acquired a 100 tonne

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with a boom of 42 metres. In 2015 the company expanded its transport fleet with Euro-6 DAF XF tractor units to furnish its specialist logistics and general haulage operations. The trucks include three XF 510 FTG Super Space Cabs plated at 65-tonnes, two 44-tonne XF 460 FTG Space Cabs and an XF 460 FTR Space Cab with 47 tonne Hiab Crane. In 2016 the company purchased a

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and developed a 1-acre area of its Millbrook site into a cargo handling yard.

Locations

The company has offices in the Eastern Docks and Millbrook areas of

, in

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and in

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. Its office in Pembroke Port opened in 2004 as part of a joint venture with Milford Haven Port Authority.

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