2022 Shipping Movements

[Mr Miserable]

I've just ordered an M3P - delivery September. I'm in France but as I understand it, European LHD cars are dropped off at Zeebrugge before the ship continues to Southampton. I looked first at an M3LR but they were quoting delivery times of February 2023.

Car could come via Koper, Slovenia particularly if it is close to quarter-end and we have seen shipments to Le Havre too when the numbers warrant it.

 

[Mr Miserable]

if people were thinking about the Hoegh Shanghai as a potential ship, she is not heading to Lutchao grrrrrr

I agree HOEGH SHANGHAI is not very likely to be a Tesla charter but the good news is that once you have your VIN you can check to see if your car is onboard any Hoegh ship. These Hoegh scheduled services have been used on occasion to transport a small number of cars to Zeebrugge (usually cars that for some reason or other missed their allotted charter vessel).

 

[Olival68]

A lot of cars missed their allotted charter vessel this quarter

 

[Mr Miserable]

The May Miracle is incoming! Maybe the BESS arriving Zeebrugge 21st May does really have Tesla's onboard!

If BESS arrives in Zeebrugge on 21 May it will be a miracle!
She's still in the Straits of Malacca at the moment, on her way from Thailand. 26 May at Zeebrugge is her current ETA.
Nobody would suggest she has Teslas onboard though.

 

[_SunShine]

21th of may .... nearly impossible. Even when she will arrive at Suez on 16th .... ?!?

 

[Minimalist300]

Tesla called me today and said no cars are currently on the way to the UK. They are still waiting for allocation so all EDDs are just estimated. Likely we will have to wait to middle of May for the ships mentioned here earlier.

 

[Mr Miserable]

21th of may .... nearly impossible. Even when she will arrive at Suez on 16th .... ?!?

She will arrive at Suez on 16th and therefore transit on 17th. Lets say she exits the canal at 1400 on 17th.
The distance from Port Said to Zeebrugge is roughly 3250NM.
In order to arrive at Zeebrugge by 2300 on 21 May she would have to average 31kts and that speed is totally impossible for BESS to achieve.

 

[matjo690]

Viking adventure is moving now! Let's hope she's the one!

 

[Jonte73]

Viking adventure is moving now! Let's hope she's the one!

Viking Adv is ruled out what I know.

 

[partywme]

Mr M - am I right in thinking there is a 2-3ish week window now where a ship must leave Shanghai or all Q2 deliveries are off the table?

Why do people keep mentioning Zeebrugge when historically no ships have come to the UK via there?

 

[inimic]

Would it not be the case that for a ship to leave Shanghai, it would need to be at capacity, or at least a certain threshold? For instance, would Tesla send a ship 30% full? I am thinking that given the reduced production in Shanghai as of late, maybe they wait until they can load X number of cars before sending off a ship?
Also, are these ships Tesla only or would they (could they) share with another manufacturer?

 

[matjo690]

If a May delivery is likely then the ship will have departed some time ago. I would by now have expected to see a plethora of VIN allocations from UK and EU and I haven't seen any.
The ship many pinned their hopes on, VIKING ADVENTURE, remains anchored about 100 NM SW of the GF. (I've just checked - she's still there)
The wait continues....

To my understanding, Mr. M did not rule it out completely...

 

[Fender]

hoegh shangai is scheduled to le havre on june 5th and zeebrugge on june 7th that would be a pretty good candidate for eu deliveries

 

[Utumno]

Mr M - am I right in thinking there is a 2-3ish week window now where a ship must leave Shanghai or all Q2 deliveries are off the table?

Why do people keep mentioning Zeebrugge when historically no ships have come to the UK via there?

Because several posters here are from mainland EU rather than the UK and are just as desperate to get into their cars as UK residents ?

 

[partywme]

Because several posters here are from mainland EU rather than the UK and are just as desperate to get into their cars as UK residents ?

Ah given its a UK thread I wondered whether there had been any change to how cars are being delivered since Mr M’s 1st post

 

[Fender]

Ah given its a UK thread

since when ? the first post is clearly international

 

[DrPhlegm]

@Mr Miserable - Just curious. Do all UK deliveries go to Southampton only or do ships ever subsequently call at e.g. Port of Tyne for deliveries going to north of England and Scotland or is it all by road from Southampton?

 

[delta0]

Hoegh Shanghai has now docked at Shanghai

 

[xtattsbox]

Hoegh Shanghai has now docked at Shanghai

According to their website that is leaving tomorrow and arriving in Southampton on the 16th June.

 

[Raj2022]

Hoegh Shanghai has now docked at Shanghai

Probably loading up with Hyundai’s, Volvos etc..I think she is in the main terminal too.