A summary of shipping from Shanghai:
CARMEN She is on a scheduled service but is believed she may have Tesla cargo onboard that was manufactured in Q2. She is now in the Mediterranean heading for Piraeus (a scheduled stop) She will arrive in Zeebrugge on 2 Aug.
HOEGH TARGET also on a scheduled service ie not chartered by Tesla but may have Tesla cargo. She is about to enter the Gulf of Aden.
GLOVIS SUPERIOR I suspect that she is heading to Zeebrugge.
PAGNA which is UK bound with Tesla cargo is now about 125 NM behind GLOVIS SUPERIOR.
HOEGH OSLO Currently passing the Aceh peninsula. ETA Zeebrugge 16 Aug
HELIOS RAY is I believe a Tesla chartered ship heading for Zeebrugge. I estimate she will arrive there around 14 or 15 Aug
GLOVIS SUPREME is I believe a Tesla chartered ship heading for Southampton, ETA 15 Aug. She is a big ship too, wider and taller than a standard Panamax vessel.
TORINO is currently loading in Shanghai. She will arrive in Le Havre on 15 Aug. I suspect she may be carrying Teslas.
Weather. There are now 2 storms between Shanghai and Singapore that are of concern.
Firstly we have Tropical Storm In-Fa which continues to strengthen. She is now blowing a steady 65 kts and is likely to become a category 1 typhoon within the next 24 hrs. She is thankfully not moving very fast at the moment and remains centred in the Phillipines Sea however some forecasting models predict that she will soon start heading west on a track south of Okinawa towards Taipei, Taiwan arriving there on Friday. The hope is that, although the storm is likely to grow to become a category 2 typhoon, by the time it reaches Taiwan it will have started to decay. GLOVIS SUPREME will miss this storm.
The 2nd storm is Tropical Storm Cempaka which is brewing in the South China Sea about 100 NM south of Hong Kong. This storm is also likely to become a typhoon tomorrow and head west towards the land. The problem with this storm is that it is predicted to turn south over over Hainan and then turn east back into the South China Sea and strengthen again. This is due to happen just about when GLOVIS SUPREME arrives in the area. The good news is that GLOVIS SUPREME is keeping her speed up (17+kts) and clearly is planning to get south of this storm asap.
Otherwise ships in the Indian Ocean will experience strong SW'ly winds (Summer Monsoon) which will make the seas quite choppy. The operational affect is that the car carriers will have reduced forward speed.
PS. GLOVIS SYMPHONY is no longer a ship of interest.