GLOVIS SUN will arrive off Zeebrugge later today - there is no rush since according to the port schedule, she won’t be alongside until the early hours of tomorrow morning.
At the moment she is still scheduled to arrive in Southampton on Monday morning but the bad news is that I’m pretty sure that will move right shortly - I’m thinking at least 24 hours, maybe more…
LAKE GENEVA continues to maintain nearly 17 kts as she crosses the Mediterranean.
There are no weather issues.
She will arrive off Zeebrugge late on 3 Jun - next Thursday
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GLOVIS CENTURY is currently about 160NM SE of Bermuda. (Standby for competition results shortly after Midday UTC!)
You will recall that I expected her to make a fast Atlantic crossing based on her future commitments but although she could make it to Zeebrugge by 4 Jun she seemed resigned to arriving on 5 Jun.
Well something has changed because she is now making well over 18kts which could see her arrive at Zeebrugge around lunchtime on 4 Jun.
Normally this would be welcome news however this could become a logistical nightmare with two ships arriving within 12 hours of each other.
ICO are very efficient but unloading 2 shiploads of Tesla’s concurrently will require an awful lot of expensive quayside real estate .
The unloading of one of these 2 ships could possibly be delayed.
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HYPERION RAY is the ship that I believe will be coming to Southampton, and possibly Zeebrugge as well.
I haven’t received a position report from her since Monday morning and as discussed earlier in the week I suspect it’s a deliberate precaution.
She is due to arrive at Suez on Sunday evening and so by now she will have entered the Red Sea.
I expect her to arrive in Southampton around 8 Jun.
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GLOVIS COUNTESS is the final ship of Q2 to depart Pier 80 for Europe.
She is currently about 90 NM west of Acapulco, Mexico.
She continues to keep the speed up and is currently maintaining over 17 Kts.
I estimate her arrival in Zeebrugge will be around 14 Jun.
Having said that, I still don’t know when to expect her to conduct her transit of the Panama Canal - I suspect she is aiming to transit on Tuesday.
The good news is that although the hurricane season is upon us, it remains very quiet at the moment and there is nothing brewing that should affect her in the next week at least, fingers crossed.
The final competition of Q2 is still open.
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Satellite data supplied courtesy of marinetraffic
). Gien that is at Zeebrugge now you may be OK!
