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Pathfinder Manager Keeley McConnell looks at how recent plans for the expansion of Portsmouth’s cruises facilities will mean more opportunities for staff…
The exciting plans for the development of Portsmouth’s passenger facilities, announced recently, will enable us to increase our commitment to the staff that we regularly employ at the port during the cruise season. Cruise business at Portsmouth is already growing...

Following the Pathfinder staff survey, Pathfinder Manager Keeley McConnell looks ahead to 2022 and the plans to action some of the comments and suggestions.
Our latest survey among Pathfinder agency staff revealed some fascinating conclusions and we have already started on the road to implementing some of your suggestions. Overall, the large numbers of staff responding had a positive message about their Pathfinder...

Pathfinder Personnel Manager Keeley McConnell looks back at a unique and significant 2021 cruise season for parking specialists CPS and the special efforts made by agency personnel …
This summer has marked another step in the growth of our valet parking business with the addition of Dover to the network of UK ports where our Cruise and Passenger Services (CPS) operates. Like Southampton, Portsmouth and Liverpool, where CPS also operates, we have...

Pathfinder Personnel Manager Keeley McConnell looks at the resurgence in the port industry and what that means for people looking to make work fit their lifestyle…
The port industry has woken from its slumbers and is now firmly on the road to recovery as the economic challenges of the pandemic ease. Although August is traditionally a slower month for factory output, the lull is expected to be only temporary and the signs are...

CPS APPOINTED TO PROVIDE CRUISE VALET PARKING SERVICES AT PORT OF DOVER
The Port of Dover has contracted Pathfinder sister company and leading cruise passenger valet parking providers Cruise and Passenger Services (CPS) to deliver an exceptional parking and transit experience for its cruise customers CPS will utilise on-site and...

Pathfinder Personnel Manager Keeley McConnell and her team are busy setting the wheels in motion for the return of cruising. It means plenty of opportunities throughout the UK, as she explains here…
It’s back! Cruising out of the UK is moving again as shipping lines queue up to host eager passengers keen on returning to the sea – even if this year it will mainly cruises operating in and around UK waters. But, no matter where cruises are heading, operations remain...

SMS HELPS PORTSMOUTH PORT TAKE MAJOR STEP ON RESUMPTION OF CRUISING
Our Portsmouth stevedoring company Southern Maritime Services (SMS) has helped the port take a major step towards the restart of cruising from the UK by supporting the first cruise departure from the port in eight months. Viking Cruise Line started the cruise...

ECO-FRIENDLY VISIT OF NEW HURTIGRUTEN SHIP IS A FIRST FOR PORTSMOUTH AND SMS
Our Portsmouth-based cruise support team at Southern Maritime Services (SMS) are supporting three calls in Portsmouth this month by the newest ship in the fleet of Norwegian adventure cruise line Hurtigruten. MS Fridtjof Nansen is the latest addition to Hurtigruten’s...

Saluting International Women’s Day, March 8
Pathfinder Personnel manager Keeley McConnell has been with the company for nine years and has seen its expansion into a provider of port services manpower throughout the UK. Initially joining as a recruitment consultant, Keeley now oversees the recruitment and...

Pathfinder Personnel Manager Keeley McConnell looks ahead to a 2020 that is set to take off in the coming weeks…..
There’ll be plenty of action coming up later in the year as we look ahead to some big dates in the calendar at our various locations. One of the big events in Southampton will be the May arrival of P&O’s impressive new cruise ship Iona, which will carry over 4,000...
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