Welcome to SDW Recruitment – Your Trusted Recruitment Partner Specialising in Shipping, Freight Forwarding, and Logistics

Hiring is a tricky business, and there is no fool proof method to find, attract and retain good employees. Mistakes in hiring are almost always expensive and a bad hire can cost you precious time and money and effect your team’s energy, productivity & even loyalty.

So, whether you are looking to engage a traditional agency (SDW) or a part managed / hybrid solution (Blue Rocket), we are here to help, offer advice & do as much or as little as you’d like us to in the process with flexible solutions at different price points.


Just some of the jobs we are currently recruiting for…

Operations Manager | Southampton | Salary: c£90K-£100K at SDW Recruitment Limited

Hampshire Full Time

Operations Manager Our client is a well-established leading shipping company, whose core business is more specialist cargo, moving a variety

Senior Import Shipping Coordinator | Southampton | Salary: £DOE at SDW Recruitment Limited

Hampshire Full Time

Do you have previous import freight forwarding experience? Confident managing shipments whilst delivering excellent customer service? Ideally, you’ll have Customs

Senior Customs Support Coordinator | Southampton | £Excellent + Bens at SDW Recruitment Ltd

Hampshire Full Time

Are you a passionate about all things Customs & International Trade? Would you consider yourself an expert in this field

Security & Fire Engineer – Multiskilled | Southampton | Salary: £32K-£40K at Protek Security

Hampshire Permanent

Are you a skilled Security & Fire Engineer looking for the next step in your career? Want to be part

Water Treatment Engineer | London & South | Salary: £28K- £38K at Total Water Compliance

Central London Full Time

Do you have experience within the water treatment / legionella management sector? Are you looking to join an exciting, fast-growing

Senior Import and Export Freight Forwarder | Felixstowe | Salary: £30K-£37K DOE at SDW Recruitment Limited

Suffolk Full Time

Do you have previous shipping or freight forwarding experience? Maybe only 12 months, or perhaps 20 years? Our client, a

Senior Import Shipping Coordinator | Southampton | Salary: £DOE at SDW Recruitment Ltd

Hampshire Full Time

Do you have previous import freight forwarding experience? Confident managing shipments whilst delivering excellent customer service? Ideally, you’ll have Customs

Yacht Shipping Coordinator | Southampton | Salary: £30-35K at SDW Recruitment Limited

Hampshire Full Time

Yacht Shipping Coordinator – Liner Our client is a well-established, leading shipping company, whose core business is more specialist cargo,

Vessel Agent Team Leader | Southampton | Salary: £DOE at SDW Recruitment Ltd

Hampshire Full Time

Vessel Agent Team Leader Do you have vessel & supervisory experience? Our client a global shipping line is looking to


Trusted by the shipping, freight forwarding, logistics & supply chain sector

We are proud to be the trusted recruitment partner for a wide range of logistics companies, from smaller owner managed freight forwarders, mid-sized transport & warehousing companies, through to global supply chain providers and manufacturers

We recruit for a wide range of roles throughout the industry, from entry to senior / director level, these include:

Import & Export, Freight Forwarding & Liner, Project Cargo, Break Bulk, Customs Clearance, Air, Road & Sea, FCL & LCL, Transport & Distribution, Dangerous / Hazardous Cargo, Fulfillment & Warehousing, Courier & Pallets, 3PL & 4PL, through to Digital Solutions, IT & Software.

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Latest shipping news & recruitment blogs

Our latest news from the shipping & logistics sector, hiring & recruitment blogs and career advice

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Shipping diversions risk new wave in cost of living crisis

Behind almost every purchase you make, from Christmas lights to a new car, there is a ship. Almost everything we buy, use, wear, and much of what we eat, spends at least some of its life in a container at sea. These giant craft are the lifeblood of the global economy, circumnavigating the globe to

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Interview questions - what not to say

Interview Tips | What not to say

This is a guest blog from Mitch Sullivan from Copywriting for Recruiters and it is about job interviews and what can sometimes go wrong with them. So, over to Mitch…. One part of me wanted to write something that offers interview tips, knowing there are many unemployed people out there desperate for any insight that

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Top tips on how to recruit successfully in today’s market

Having stated SDW 20 years ago this year, in this time I have never seen such a shortage of experienced candidates applying for jobs. There has always been peaks & troughs in application numbers, but, not as low as this and for so long. There is a battle on, between employers fighting for that elusive

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