USA/Canada Delivery Thread

[Balboa]

Im old enough to remember when the Emira passed CARB certification... (he said patiently waiting for his car in California...)

 

[Rhinocerosity]

Im old enough to remember when the Emira passed CARB certification... (he said patiently waiting for his car in California...)

I remember thinking the wait was almost over at that point. How naïve.

 

[3A3968M]

The NYC offload is likely actually Newark. The "Port of New York & New Jersey" has most of their auto facility on the NJ side. Newark has the big RoRo terminal:
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Here's the layout from the Port of NY website, you can see the tip of Manhattan on the upper right for context:
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More detail on the specific services at the port for auto offload:

Experience

experience.arcgis.com

[edit] I thought they still used the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal for some of this stuff but it's apparently no longer used for some reason. Logistics from there by ground are probably harder?
[edit] Oh wow, they've repurposed it to become an offshore wind logistics/staging terminal for building massive offshore wind farms. That's crazy. https://www.empirewind.com/2024/02/01/south-brooklyn-marine-terminal-design-approval/

Looking at satellite maps... NY/NJ looks more geared to Auto dispatching than Norfolk. 🤷🏻‍♂️ Like you said... it's all guesswork at this moment.

My BMW were always offloaded in the Elizabeth/Newark port. But BMW uses Wallenius Wilhelmsen to ship their cars.

 

[saknibs]

It is perplexing that no Emiras have been loaded and delivered since the CARB approval date of 2/29. The last Emiras to arrive were loaded on the Atlantic Sail on 2/26, and unloaded on 3/9. So this Saturday will make three weeks since any Emira deliveries. I expected the floodgates to open after CARB approval, but there has been nothing. I know some have heard their cars are "on a ship" and hopefully they will be on the next one coming in. Fingers crossed that next one has a couple hundred Emiras!

 

[kitkat]

Im old enough to remember when the Emira passed CARB certification... (he said patiently waiting for his car in California...)

 

[B r I a n]

It is perplexing that no Emiras have been loaded and delivered since the CARB approval date of 2/29. The last Emiras to arrive were loaded on the Atlantic Sail on 2/26, and unloaded on 3/9. So this Saturday will make three weeks since any Emira deliveries. I expected the floodgates to open after CARB approval, but there has been nothing. I know some have heard their cars are "on a ship" and hopefully they will be on the next one coming in. Fingers crossed that next one has a couple hundred Emiras!

Maybe they are waiting for the CARB website to be updated

 

[Shyatic]

Well apparently I'm getting my car next week... fingers crossed! It's en-route to the dealer now via transport, so if I'm super lucky it's Saturday, otherwise probably Monday/Tuesday.

 

[Raskits]

Well apparently I'm getting my car next week... fingers crossed! It's en-route to the dealer now via transport, so if I'm super lucky it's Saturday, otherwise probably Monday/Tuesday.

When did you receive your vin?

 

[EspritGuy]

Next gift for us from Lotus?

Your gift pizza goes with the trunk warming compartment.

 

[ameeriklane]

Wonder how that transportation will be carried out... hopefully hauled and not driven.

I'm sure they will use car hauler trucks that can hold many cars at once for efficiency purposes. My friend ships containers out of Newport News on a regular basis, and their big issue is finding a truck to transport the containers from their warehouse to the port. He's had containers miss their ship due to lack of drivers. They don't do enough volume where it's worth having their own driver on staff.

But... throwing this much demand for car hauler trucks and drivers is going to be tough, since it's not only Lotus who will be doing this, and the other manufacturers with much more volume probably have more clout with their suppliers.

Or is rail a possibility for this type of need?

 

[robrmon]

Big update! 296 cars have landed in Newark (NJ/NY)!!

 

[robrmon]

 

[robrmon]

@Nova can you please check the vins.

 

[Drambeenie]

Big update! 296 cars have landed in Newark (NJ/NY)!!

My car is not on the list 😭

 

[robrmon]

If you have a Vin, just search for it in here. My car is there.

Search All Bills of Lading

Search all Customs and Border Protection import bills of lading for ocean freight.

www.importinfo.com

 

[CHEESE]

My VIN is on the list, finally!

 

[LuckysDad]

OH MY F'n G! IT's HERE!!!!!

 

[DF_Toronto]

If you have a Vin, just search for it in here. My car is there.

Search All Bills of Lading

Search all Customs and Border Protection import bills of lading for ocean freight.

www.importinfo.com

Where do you enter the VIN here?

 

[robrmon]

Where do you enter the VIN here?

In the general search field

 

[DF_Toronto]

In the general search field

Oh odd, that’s where I tried a VIN that was on Nova’s list and nothing came up, I’ll try mine haha (Although had been told no Canadian cars would be on it).