GLOVIS COSMOS is indeed following a great circle course (the shortest distance) across the Atlantic.
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The weather forecast for her voyage has improved and she looks like she will enjoy a smooth crossing.
Her ETA in Zeebrugge is 9 May.
LAKE FUXIAN’s departure was delayed yesterday and she has only now finally departed. Her AIS has been updated and it confirms her destination is the Panama Canal with an ETA of the evening of 8 May. This will be a fast voyage!
There is a strong N’ly wind blowing down the Pacific coast at the moment and it will make the seas a little choppy for LAKE FUXION’s first couple of days at sea.
My revised ETA for her arrival in Zeebrugge is around 21 May.
The LAKE FUXIAN competition will open later today!
GLOVIS CHORUS has spent the last couple of days racing down the Pacific coast from Canada to Pier 80 and is due to arrive alongside later this afternoon (local).
I still don’t know her destination but I don’t think it will be to Europe.
GLORIOUS LEADER This ship is carrying Model 3’s to the UK from China.
She is presently approaching the busy Straits of Gibraltar at 16kts. At the narrowest the Strait is just 7 miles wide and there is a traffic separation scheme in force there whereby traffic exiting the Med must keep on the north side and traffic entering must stay on the south side.
The only challenge she has is that she is approaching the one-way system from the south and she needs to be on the north side and so she will have cross the stream of opposite direction traffic to get there. Fortunately there are plenty of gaps but the sooner she does the manoeuvre the easier it will be. She is not alone - there is a bunch of them that need to cross. The Straits of Gibraltar can be an interesting spectator sport! I have no weather concerns for her at the moment.
The Southampton Port Schedule confirms her arrival in Southampton early on 5 May and has allocated a berth in the Western Docks.
RCC AFRICA is carrying LHD Model 3's to Israel and EU from Shanghai .
She will shortly complete her transit of the Suez Canal.
She is due to arrive at Ashdod, Israel tomorrow .
I expect her to arrive in Zeebrugge around 13 May at the earliest.
GLOVIS SUN is making good progress and is now established in the South China Sea.
The weather looks fine for her at present.
I have revised my estimate for her arrival in Zeebrugge to around 28 May and Southampton possibly around 31 May.
PRIME ACE is on the watch list. She is also on her way to Singapore and will arrive there about 5 hours behind GLOVIS SUN.
