GLOVIS CRYSTAL should have departed Southampton already but she hasn’t. Her departure has now been rescheduled to 12:30 today.
RCC AMSTERDAM is loitering off the Isle of Wight and will continue to do so until the early hours of Tuesday morning. This may move right if GLOVIS CRYSTAL continues to be a spanner in the works.
LYDDEN is a shining light of normality in the throes of a global pandemic of tardiness from the remainder of the current Tesla fleet.
She is continuing her fast transit. She is about 480nm SW of Lands End and continuing to maintain 19kts.
She has done really well in avoiding the Atlantic weather so far but tomorrow she will see a deterioration in the weather - she will still remain ahead of the worst of it but she may find it increasingly difficult to maintain her current high speeds.
Her AIS is showing that she aims to arrive in Amsterdam at 0900 on 14 Dec - a very ambitious ETA, although the Port of Amsterdam has her arriving at 1345 on 14 Dec. Surprisingly, at the moment she remains on track to achieve the former but she must now maintain 19kts all the way to achieve that - a tall order looking at the weather forecast.
GLOVIS SUN remains stationary 400nm SW of the Azores and I do not know why.
Originally she was due to arrive in Zeebrugge on 15 Dec but we are now looking at 17 Dec at the earliest.
The curious mating ritual with the other car carrier ELEGANT ACE that was doing the same just over the horizon has now entered a new phase, with ELEGANT ACE now steaming off at 14kts to the south (she is meant to be heading to Antwerp).
The saga continues….
Who knew that the logistics behind the delivery of your new Tesla could be such an epic nailbiting story?