Tuesday 26 Jul 22
Tesla Ship Tracker Still the best Tesla ship tracker on the web! Positions automatically updated via satellite.
An interesting day with some pretty astonishing revelations from that German site. It's worth noting that it reveals only EU shipments and so I think we can expect to see some UK-only ships in the coming weeks.
MORNING CHORUS That German site mentions that the first ship is carrying 2949 cars of which 1999 are M3. I'm assuming those figures relate to Zeebrugge. I would be expecting this ship to have left Shanghai with about 4500 cars and that means over 1500 cars are likely to be dropped off in Southampton on 15 Aug. We don't know the mix.
GLOVIS SUMMIT The Polish OP above suggests that she is heading to Koper with an ETA of 12 Aug. The ship has revised her ETA for Suez to 07 Aug which fits very nicely with a 12 Aug arrival in Koper. According to the German revelations she is carrying 3879 cars of which 3026 are M3. This figure seems a little low for a ship of this size and so 1000 or so cars may be delivered elsewhere.
TITUS Interestingly, the German site did not mention this ship. It may be because it was only interested in ships droppping cars off in the EU and I am expecting this ship to drop cars off in the UK. ETA Southampton 21 Aug
HOEGH ST PETERSBURG That German site revealed that this ship has 2000 MY onboard for Zeebrugge. The good thing about Hoegh is that you can check to see if your car is onboard one of their ships by entering your VIN. It may be a little early yet, but if you are on the continent (or possibly Ireland) and are waiting for a MY when you discover your source code VIN enter it
HERE. Do let me know if it was succesful, also let me know the 1st 3 digits of your VIN too please. ETA Zeebrugge 28 Aug.
The article states the next ship to load for Europe should be RCC CLASSIC. It looks feasible - she is 48 hrs away in S Korea at the moment. Interestingly, she will head to Barcelona with 4052 MY. She will be followed to Barcelona by GLOVIS SPIRIT carrying 3946 MY. The trouble with this statement is that she is currently at least 3 weeks away in the Caribbean and so I think she will be replaced by another ship. Again those figures look a little low suggesting another stop elsewhere (Israel?)
The other ships mentioned, HELIOS RAY (to Koper) , GLOVIS CAPTAIN (to Zeebrugge) and GLOVIS CRYSTAL (to Barcelona) could all be true too although GLOVIS CAPTAIN might be a stretch. The latter 2 ships also are very light on numbers suggesting further stops outside the EU. (UK?)
As far as the ships on our suspect list, LEO SPIRIT and POSEIDON LEADER there is no mention and I'm going to remove them from the list. If you have a VIN and your delivery date is confirmed before MORNING CHORUS arrives (Southampton 15 Aug, Zeebrugge 18 Aug) I would be interested to hear about it, because I don't think it is likely to happen.
I'm a little surprised at how much Barcelona is going to be used and I suspect that we may see some shipments direct to Norway since the Zeebrugge figures seem quite low.
Meanwhile over in San Francisco,
GLOVIS SUN has moved to an anchorage nearby Pier 80. She is due alongside Pier 80 on Thursday. Her destination remains unknown but will likely be Taiwan (possibly via S Korea).
I'm off for a lie down.....
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