First boatload of M3 to Europe

[Toumal]

Looking forward to that kind of updates

Can't those shorts who kept taking pictures of the logistics lots in the US be useful for once?

(That's a rhetorical question. It's not bad news so they won't.)

 

[Tombaaaa]

There's allways Big Brother offcourse... (and good research )

 

[Erpel]

Yesterday electrek reported a massive amount of M3 at the port of San Francisco ready to board an overseas vessel. Glovis Captain, a huge automotive transport vessel was right at the accordingly dock.

Massive Tesla Model 3 shipment spotted ahead of first oversea deliveries

This vessel is now sailing towards PABLB (Panama). Would say the likelihood of M3 being on board is over 80%. In other words... THEY ARE COMING! Next stop in Balboa on 1/21/2019.

Below the link to follow the vessel on its journey.

GLOVIS CAPTAIN, Vehicles Carrier - Schiffsdaten und aktuelle Position - IMO 9707015 MMSI 538006167 - VesselFinder

 

[gonature]

Geez... watching this ship makes the wait even longer... Even a snail seems to be moving faster. Gotta stop reloading every 5 minutes, especially since our car might not even be on this boat

 

[Electroman]

What is the typical wait and delay to cross Panama Canal?

 

[Erpel]

I like this link even more... It has a nice map tracking view.

Ship is heading southwards and passing San Diego right now - soon sailing alongside the Mexican shores.

MarineTraffic: Global Ship Tracking Intelligence | AIS Marine Traffic

 

[Erpel]

My best guess would be that the ship arrives 2/12 in Zeebrugge. Proof me wrong.

 

[Dana1]

What is the typical wait and delay to cross Panama Canal?

Depends on ship type and other traffic. I was an engineer on a ship that shorted the mules out in three locks so we were held in Gatun Lake for three days while negotiations pended for letting us exit the Pacific locks. But we only fooled around for about 24 hours waiting for our pilot initially.

 

[Erpel]

There's allways Big Brother offcourse... (and good research )

Would be interesting to see whether Tesla continues staging more cars at Pier 80.

PS: another vehicles carrier is approaching SF port and is scheduled to arrive on 1/16 at 2pm. Vessel is called Glovis Cosmos. Might be #2 heading towards Europe/Asia.

 

[Dana1]

Would be interesting to see whether Tesla continues staging more cars at Pier 80.

PS: another vehicles carrier is approaching SF port and is scheduled to arrive on 1/16 at 2pm. Vessel is called Glovis Cosmos. Might be #2 heading towards Europe/Asia.

Teslarati had an article yesterday talking about shipments overseas with March deliveries and the SRs going into production at the end of the year. I don’t have the link.

 

[Erpel]

Teslarati had an article yesterday talking about shipments overseas with March deliveries and the SRs going into production at the end of the year. I don’t have the link.

Hmmm, can’t find that article on Teslarati...

 

[Tombaaaa]

And the second boat load? Glovis Cosmos passing Golden Bay Bridge SFO...

 

[Erpel]

And the second boat load? Glovis Cosmos passing Golden Bay Bridge SFO...

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Awesome, thanks for posting this picture!

 

[Erpel]

Glovis Captain is supposed to arrive at Panama today. More than curious to see what the next port of call is going to be. Exciting!

 

[Electroman]

It better get straight to its final destination in Europe to unload M3s

 

[kbecks13]

Glovis Captain appears to be entering the canal now!

 

[Electroman]

Wow. That’s exciting.

A ship carrying the future from America to Europe.

 

[kbecks13]

In the first lock

 

[AustinPowers]

Now if only I knew whether my Model 3 is on the Captain or the Cosmos.

 

[Gerasimental]

Glovis Captain is supposed to arrive at Panama today. More than curious to see what the next port of call is going to be. Exciting!

Zeebrugge. ETA: 2am on the 3rd of February.
Do we have any idea of how long the wait between a ship arriving and delivery is (let's say in central europe: Benelux, Germany, France etc)?


Edit: Found this post in the Model S forum suggesting he got his car 14 days after the ship arrived (in NL), so there might be hope to get mine in Germany before the end of February.