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Do you know what the port on your order in Vista had listed? Mine is on the same boat (Sirius Highway), but in Vista it had 5/25 delivery at a different port.
I didn't see it listed on any of the order sheet detail, so unfortunately don't have any more detail.
Vessels can make multiple stops at different ports. I would think any vehicle going to Texas that is currently at the Baltimore port would not be unloaded there, but would continue on the Vessel, making a stop in the Southern US (Florida?) and then another in Texas.
It looks like JLR uses this firm for at least some of their Vehicle Processing Center work in the US. These are the locations listed:
This is awesome @catman . I agree, it looks like mine is going to be processed in Brunswick for a delivery to me in GA.
Can you imagine if your Defender had been on the Golden Ray that capsized in St. Simons Sound? 4500 cars...
We have a place there and I was down last week — there’s still a third of the ship in the water. But the way they slice it into chunks like a submarine sandwich being cut into 2” segments for a party tray, with dozens of Tellurides and other SUVs falling out into the ocean is just something you can’t get your head around.
Some of these push backs in delivery dates may be due to the temporary closure in Nitra:
Supply shortage in car components continue affecting carmakers in Slovakia.
First, the Bratislava-based carmaker Volkswagen decided on suspending the production of its SUV models in late April, restoring production only on May 17 due to a shortage of semiconductor components. The supply shortage then affected the production of the Trnava-based Stellantis, which first halted several shifts and later decided to suspend production completely until May 27.
Most recently, Jaguar Land Rover in Nitra announced that its production would shut down for nine days, starting May 27.
Production at the Žilina-based Kia Slovakia has not been affected, the SITA newswire reported.
Greetings ! here are my timelines and how long it took for mine from the built date to delivery:
- built date 4/9/21 in Slovakia
- transport to port departure from Nitra: 4/15/21
- in port yard for 1 week: approximate date 4/23/21
- traveled from Bremenhaven to SouthHampton ( loaded more vehicles in SouthHampton for 3 more days )
- Left SouthHampton on 4/29
- Arrived on Baltimore on 5/8/21
- Departed Baltimore 5/10 and arrived in Brunswick GA on 5/13/21
- Unloaded and in port for processing for 9 days (!!!!)
- Left Brunswick GA port on 5/22/2021
- Ground shipping to Dallas took 5 days by truck
- got it today - 5/27/2021
Now, in all honesty, there are a LOT of vehicles on that ship. About 7500 of them, and it does take a lot of time to load, balance, secure during sailing, unload, and processing. However, land transport, is atrocious. But, oh well ... is here now. And is a beauty !
