2020 Shipping Movements

[Mr Miserable]

I think it's poor planning to go past Southampton to Zeebrugge then back to Southampton and then pass Zeebrugge to Bremerhaven. Why not just go Southampton - Zeebrugge - Bremerhaven?

The GLOVIS COSMOS was always scheduled to route Southampton - Bremerhaven - Hamburg - Antwerp before heading off down to the Middle East as part of a regular RoRo route. What changed is the early arrival at Southampton and the possibility to dovetail the end of a charter and the beginning of a regular route.

 

[Mr Miserable]

An indication of how bad it must be in the Channel at the moment.
This shows the track of GRAND PIONEER which left Southampton yesterday.

 

[Mr Miserable]

GRAND MARK is now approaching the Canal.
Hopefully it will feature in the North bound wave in the small hours tomorrow morning despite the backlog of 76 ships that are currently waiting for their turn.

 

[speedyranger74]

 

[Gatsojon]

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Safe trip my beauty...

 

[Mr Miserable]

GRAND MARK heading into the Panama Canal for its transit. Once the ship is clear of Colon, at around 3pm our time, we should get a revised ETA for Zeebrugge.

MORNING CARA is approaching San Francisco and will be docking at Pier 80.

GLOVIS COSMOS will depart for Southampton later today.

 

[LongRanger]

Cosmos not showing on expected arrivals for Southampton yet on either MyShipTracking or MarineTraffic, suspect this gets updated when Cosmos files its Zebrugge escape plan / weather dependent ?

 

[planehazza]

I must have missed a step... I thought that now that the Cosmos had arrived at Zeebruge we were no longer interested in it? I thought the cars were offloaded then UK bound ones loaded to another boat?

 

[RichOB]

I must have missed a step... I thought that now that the Cosmos had arrived at Zeebruge we were no longer interested in it? I thought the cars were offloaded then UK bound ones loaded to another boat?

It seems the Cosmos is docking at Southampton after partially unloading in Zeebrugge.

Not all vessels will be doing the same journey so the process you've highlighted above could be the same for the Challenge but time will tell.

 

[Mr Miserable]

Cosmos not showing on expected arrivals for Southampton yet on either MyShipTracking or MarineTraffic, suspect this gets updated when Cosmos files it's Zebrugge escape plan / weather dependent ?

That is because the ship is not yet underway. It's still in Zeebrugge.

 

[Mr Miserable]

I must have missed a step... I thought that now that the Cosmos had arrived at Zeebruge we were no longer interested in it? I thought the cars were offloaded then UK bound ones loaded to another boat?

Dude. Where have you been?
COSMOS is expected to leave Zeebrugge later today with UK vehicles onboard. Arriving in Southampton tomorrow.

Actually all change! Standby New info coming....

 

[planehazza]

Dude. Where have you been?
COSMOS is expected to leave Zeebrugge later today with UK vehicles onboard. Arriving in Southampton tomorrow.

All along the trend that I've been readings that the ships dump the cars at zeebruge and the UK RHD are loaded onto another smaller ship from there to Southampton. Like I say, I've obviously missed a step...

Given my expected mid March delivery, I gather that Grand Mark or Brooklands should be more on my radar anyway.

 

[Mr Miserable]

Southampton is chokka. Weather has caused big delays at the port.

Cosmos now not due to dock at Southampton until Thursday 13th.

 

[Mr Miserable]

It's true.
GLOVIS COSMOS arrival into Southampton is delayed until Thursday 13 Feb due to port congestion as a result of recent and ongoing disruption due to weather conditions.

 

[Gatsojon]

It's true.
GLOVIS COSMOS arrival into Southampton is delayed until Thursday 13 Feb due to port congestion as a result of recent and ongoing disruption due to weather conditions.

Oh dear - not good news!
So Challenge may as well throttle back a little mid Atlantic

 

[tpnicho]

Oh dear - not good news!
So Challenge may as well throttle back a little mid Atlantic

Haha hell no! My car might be on that ship!!

 

[Mr Miserable]

Oh dear - not good news!
So Challenge may as well throttle back a little mid Atlantic

As I said over the weekend the Challenge is due to hit some horrendous weather as it approaches the Channel.
The trouble is that it has a schedule to keep. Unless a delay is absolutely unavoidable it will keep to schedule.

 

[Mr Miserable]

Haha hell no! My car might be on that ship!!

I'm hoping I have a couple of referrals on board! I need to supercharge soon...

 

[Longhorn1981]

It's true.
GLOVIS COSMOS arrival into Southampton is delayed until Thursday 13 Feb due to port congestion as a result of recent and ongoing disruption due to weather conditions.

Thats a real shame!, was hoping to get the car by 22nd Feb, looks like that is unlikely now....

 

[Tallboy]

So just to recap, what cars do we think the Challenge have on it?

I’m awaiting a M3P, been told mid March delivery. So likely on the Challenge or one of the later ones?