GLOVIS SPLENDOR is now confirmed to arrive in Koper on 01 Jun and it would appear that order matching and the VIN allocation process for this shipment is underway. I would expect deliveries to be limited to southern Europe but who knows? This is Tesla. I expect the ship to unload completely at Koper. Anyway, the ship remains on schedule and should enter the calm waters of the Gulf of Aden tomorrow morning.
THEBEN is bound for Zeebrugge and will arrive there on 14 Jun. She will pass Banda Aceh tomorrow morning and enter a very choppy Bay of Bengal. It's not bad weather per se, it's just a little uncomfortable and as a result she may have a reduced speed for a couple of days. She's making 17 kts at the moment which will give her some time in the bank and in any case her ETA of 04 Jun for Suez remains easily achievable.
The THEBEN competition remains open! It's free and so don't miss out. Click
HERE to enter. Thanks for those who entered after my plea last night! We have 77 entries so far which is much lower than I would expect for the first competition of the quarter, and so I assume some folk are keeping their powder dry. Remember though it is the first person who claims the winning minor square who will win and so I wouldn't wait too long!
RCC EUROPE Just a reminder about this ship. We don't actually know for sure that she is carrying Teslas, however my money says she is. We also don't actually know where she is headed, but we do know it is likely to be to NW Europe based on her next scheduled voyage. So she could be heading to Southampton, or Zeebrugge, or both. I think the latter in all probability but we won't know for sure until she departs Suez. Before then of course we should have an idea because of order matching and VIN activity. If she is heading to Southampton I would expect her to arrive around 17 Jun. For the moment though she's heading to Singapore.
HORIZON LEADER remains offshore waiting for the call to dock at Shanghai South. Since these are the last few days we can expect to see a departure to NW Europe this quarter I'm hoping that is where she will head to, however time is running out....
VENUS LEADER was on my watch list for a possible shipment to Dubai however that looks less likely now. She's heading to Oman initially which means she will probably end up calling at Jebel Ali in due course but she's not what I'm looking for. There is still plenty of time for a Dubai shipment. I was interested to note the factory gate dates of 16/17 May for the Singapore cars posted earlier. It's a 6 day voyage to Singapore and so I can't see how they can have arrived in Singapore already. RCC EUROPE was the first ship to depart after that date otherwise THEMIS LEADER, arr SIN on Sunday, after a very slow voyage, is a suspect.
It's a little disappointing to note that MORNING CLARA has had her itinerary changed. Her first stop is now S Korea which may indicate a smaller shipment to Australia (Brisbane 09 Jun, PK 13 Jun and Melbourne on 17 Jun). She's due to load at the Haitong terminal tomorrow night. I know that Tesla Australia quoshed all hopes for this quarter but let's hope that some cars make it onboard this vessel.
Finally a big thank you to
@Frizzy for making the Google map happen- great skills and far more accurate than others out there! I will refer to it from now on!
