The weather is going to delay Tesla deliveries....
HORIZON LEADER moved docks in Zeebrugge and is now alongside an ICO pier where she will unload her remaining Teslas.
HYPERION RAY continues to be hove-to in Lyme Bay off the south coast of England. As I posted earlier this is a strange place to choose if the aim is to shelter from Atlantic Storm Barra. I wonder if her ballasting systems are fully operational since we saw the other week she avoided some heavy weather by sheltering for a day or two off the Algarve. Her ETA in Ashdod in not particularly ambitious - the night of 16 Dec.
HOEGH TRACER has departed Santander and set off in search of the New World, or so it seems. Instead of a direct track across the Bay of Biscay she turned left and followed the Spanish coast to enter the Atlantic. This would appear to be a strategy to avoid Storm Barra but does mean that her arrival in Zeebrugge may be further delayed. At one time she was going to arrive in Zeebrugge on 3 Dec but now it looks more like the 9th Dec.
This ship is not a Tesla charter vessel but one operating a scheduled liner service - hence all the stops on her way from China.
If you have a VIN you can check to see if your car is aboard this ship -
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GRAND DAHLIA is making just 14 kts in choppy seas off the north coast of Algeria. She is aiming to arrive in Southampton early on 11 Dec and is scheduled into Zeebrugge on 12 Dec. The weather forecast is not being very kind to her and I strongly suspect her arrival will be delayed.
PARADISE ACE is struggling to achieve 14kts in choppy seas off Tunisia. She is now 340 NM behind GRAND DAHLIA however the weather over the next 24 hrs will prevent her from reducing this. She has an ETA for Southampton of 2300 on 11 Dec, probably arriving just as GRAND DAHLIA departs. I estimate she will arrive in Zeebrugge on 13 Dec, however the weather enroute will make this unlikely.
VIKING BRAVERY has now entered the Gulf of Suez and will likely navigate the Suez Canal early tomorrow morning. She is due to arrive in Koper on 11 Dec however the weather may have a say in this. She's in for a bumpy ride.
On the watch list we have just the one ship, ARABIAN SEA, possibly heading to Koper (18/19 Dec) although one source is suggesting she is heading for Italy which would remove her from the watch list. We shall see.....