HGV and warehouse staff in Southampton
Southampton is served by the M27, the M271 and the M3, and ABP says the port is less than two miles from the M27. We supply Class 1, Class 2 and van drivers and warehouse staff here.
Pin: Southampton. Square: the Nalon office in Cleckheaton.
Southampton is a unitary authority in the South East, and its lorry traffic comes off the M27 and the M3. National Highways describes the M27 as running between Cadnam and Cosham in Hampshire, connecting Portsmouth and Southampton, and as a key route for freight between the ports. M27 junction 4 is where the M3 joins, and National Highways’ diversion routes name M3 junction 13 as Leigh Road (A335) and junction 12 as the Allbrook interchange (A335).
The container terminal at the Port of Southampton is operated by DP World. Its directions for lorries are to leave the M27 at junction 3, take the M271, then take the A35 towards the Millbrook Roundabout. ABP says the port is less than two miles (3km) from the M27 and has direct rail links to the national railway network for freight and passengers. Southampton Airport is just off junction 5, where the A335 is signed Eastleigh and Southampton Airport.
Registered hauliers schedule and manage appointments to collect or deliver containers through DP World’s Vehicle Booking System. DP World’s page shows shipside hours of 00:00 to 24:00 every day and landside hours of 00:00 to 24:00 Monday to Friday, with shorter landside hours at weekends. The terminal is open as normal on bank holidays and closed on Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Check the current hours with the terminal before you book a slot.
Roads and junctions around Southampton
These are the roads around Southampton that matter to a lorry driver, with the junction numbers as National Highways and the port give them.
- M27
- Cadnam to Cosham National Highways calls it a key route for freight between the ports. Junction 3 leads to the M271 and the docks, junction 4 is where the M3 joins and junction 5 is for Southampton Airport on the A335.
- M271
- M27 junction 3 to the docks DP World’s directions to its terminal leave the M27 at junction 3 and take the M271 exit, then the A35 towards the Millbrook Roundabout.
- A35
- Redbridge to Millbrook The road DP World’s directions follow from the M271 roundabout towards the Millbrook Roundabout and the terminal.
- M3
- Junctions 12 and 13 Joins the M27 at junction 4. National Highways’ diversion routes name junction 13 as Leigh Road (A335) and junction 12 as the Allbrook interchange (A335).
- A335
- Eastleigh and the airport Signed for Eastleigh and Southampton Airport from M27 junction 5. M3 junctions 12 and 13 are also on the A335.
Freight and work near Southampton
These are freight places around Southampton, taken from public sources. We do not name tenants.
DP World Southampton
Southampton Container Terminal, Port of Southampton
Operated by DP World. Registered hauliers book collection and delivery appointments through its Vehicle Booking System.
Port of Southampton
Ocean Gate, Atlantic Way, Southampton SO14 3QN
ABP gives this as the port address and lists its services, which include container, automotive, rail freight and liquid bulks. GOV.UK’s list of ports of entry in Great Britain has Southampton as a sea traffic location.
Freightliner, Western Docks
Western Docks, Southampton
A rail and road terminal. Freightliner’s Millbrook Terminal, on Millbrook Point Road, is used for wagon storage and maintenance and for office space.
Fawley, Esso petrochemical complex
Fawley
ExxonMobil’s UK page describes Esso’s petrochemical complex at Fawley and its distribution pipelines. A GOV.UK environmental permit record places the Fawley Refinery installation at postcode SO45 1TX.
What we staff around Southampton
Around Southampton we staff Class 1 drivers for container work between the port and the motorways, Class 2 and van drivers for local and multi-drop runs, shunters for yard moves, and forklift, reach truck and warehouse staff for port and distribution warehouses. Shifts run days, nights and weekends.
Tell us the site, the start time and the vehicle when you book. If you are a driver, tell us whether you have run container work before, because collections and deliveries at the terminal are made by appointment.
Towns covered from Southampton
We supply drivers and staff to Southampton and the towns of south Hampshire around it. This is the area we cover from this page.
- Southampton
- Eastleigh
- Totton
- Hedge End
- Chandler’s Ford
- Romsey
- Fareham
- Hythe
- Fawley
- Botley
- Netley
- Bitterne
- Millbrook
- Redbridge
- Winchester
- Portsmouth
- Lyndhurst
Nearby pages
Questions about driver work in Southampton
- How do lorries get from the M27 to the DP World container terminal in Southampton?
DP World’s directions are to leave the M27 at junction 3, take the M271, then take the A35 towards the Millbrook Roundabout. ABP says the port is less than two miles from the M27.
- When can hauliers use the DP World Southampton terminal?
DP World’s page shows shipside hours of 00:00 to 24:00 every day, landside hours of 00:00 to 24:00 Monday to Friday and shorter landside hours at weekends. The terminal is open as normal on bank holidays and closed on Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Registered hauliers book collections and deliveries through the Vehicle Booking System.
- Which motorway junction is Southampton Airport on?
Southampton Airport is just off junction 5 of the M27, where the A335 is signed Eastleigh and Southampton Airport.
Book cover in Southampton
Give us the site in or around Southampton, the vehicle, the licence category, the start time and the shift length. We come back on who can cover it.