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About Berthside

Berthside is an independent guide to cruising from Southampton. It's run by Onkar Singh, trading as Berthside in Southampton, UK.

What you'll find here

  • Which terminal your ship uses, sailing by sailing, with departure times where the port has published them.
  • Every parking option for your terminal compared, from park & walk to official on-port parking.
  • Busy days, when three or more cruise ships are in port.
  • What happens at the terminal, step by step, on the day you sail and the day you come home.

Where our information comes from

  • Terminals, berths and times: the port's provisional schedule, published by Southampton VTS.
  • Sailings further ahead: published cruise schedules.
  • Parking and hotel details: the operators' and hotels' own websites and the booking sites that sell them, checked by us. Each page says when.
  • Ship facts: the published sources linked on each ship's page.
  • How the day works: local knowledge of how the terminals run.

How Berthside makes money

Berthside is free to use. We may earn a commission when you book through some of our links, at no extra cost to you. We list every operator we've checked, not only the ones that pay us, and we're not ABP, a cruise line or a parking company.

Spotted a mistake?

Terminals, times and prices change. If something on the site is wrong or out of date, please tell us.