Friday 02 Sep 22
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Those ships are:
GLOVIS COMPANION departed Southampton this afternoon enroute to Zeebrugge. She hasn't updated her AIS (which says she is heading to Suez) but I expect she will arrive in Zeebrugge tomorrow.
GLOVIS CHALLENGE is now making her way up the Red Sea and is bound for Barcelona where she is due to arrive on 09 Sep. As she heads up the Red Sea towards Suez, her position may drop off the tracking map - nothing untoward, just a technicality.
GLOVIS SUNRISE is heading for Southampton and I would estimate she will arrive around 16 Sep. She is presently about to enter the Gulf of Aden.
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PAGANELLA Is bound for Brisbane (04 Sep - note new date), Port Kembla (09 Sep) and Melbourne (13 Sep) and I expect her drop Teslas off at each port. (Those dates for PK and MEL may move right a day or two)
GLOVIS SUN Her ETA for Suez has now firmed up to 10 Sep. I strongly suspect she is heading for Zeebrugge - ETA ~ 19 Sep however there is a suggestion that she may call at Southampton.
GLOVIS CRYSTAL is now heading for Suez, although she hasn't updated her AIS destination. She is running about 48 hrs behind GLOVIS SUN. I think it fair to assume that she must be heading for an EU port, probably Koper around 16 Sep. She is yet to appear on the Koper port arrivals board however this is not unusual and she may not appear until about 7 days before she is due to arrive.
GLOVIS COURAGE will arrive in a few hours for a refuel stop off Singapore. It looks very likely that she is bound for Barcelona with an ETA of 20 Sep.
SUNRISE ACE is suspected of delivering Teslas to Singapore and is presently enroute to Barcelona (13 Sep) and eventually Zeebrugge on 21 Sep
I mentioned Super Typhoon Hinnamnor yesterday, a storm with peak winds of 160mph! The storm is moving north and has thankfully weakened - it is now only a Typhoon with winds of only 90mph! However as it tracks north it may pick-up again. At the moment the forecast is for the storm to remain at sea and miss Shanghai and head for S Korea. Contrary to popular belief it's much safer for a ship to be at sea rather than tied to a dockside during a storm. Ships can generally outrun hurricanes etc and will alter their route to avoid the worst of the weather. This is especially true for RoRos with their huge slab sides. This 'windage' is calculated as part of the ships stability calculations.
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