Does it really take 1 month to sail?

DTV · 09-16-2005, 01:53 PM

Just got information from my CA on what ship my car is on. He said it's on the Eijin that departed on 9/13 and isn't expected at Port Hueneme until 10/13. Does it really take a full month? Everyone else on the board has said it takes around 15 days or so.

spydrz · 09-16-2005, 02:52 PM

From Europe to the west coast? It's got to go through the Panama Canal...that is a long trip.

longtran · 09-16-2005, 02:53 PM

yea, it took my car actually 3 weeks. from germany to west coast.

Tater · 09-16-2005, 03:18 PM

Merchant ships generally cruise at around 18-22kts, roughly 500 statute miles per day. Factor in a voyage nearly half way around the world, plus hurricane season in the Atlantic, plus canal transit, and you've got about a month to wait.

marcus330i · 09-16-2005, 03:20 PM

Three weeks is a fast trip from Germany to CA. My ship took three weeks with one stop in Baltimore and one stop in San Diego before Pt Hueneme.. Other ships will stop in Belgium, England, and usually one or more East Coast ports before going to CA. So yes...30 days isn't unusual. Sometimes the ships stop for maintenance or whatever and can be in a port for several days.

bmwboy29 · 09-16-2005, 08:44 PM

What about to the East Coast? Massachusetts?

am_ver · 09-16-2005, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by DTV

Just got information from my CA on what ship my car is on. He said it's on the Eijin that departed on 9/13 and isn't expected at Port Hueneme until 10/13. Does it really take a full month? Everyone else on the board has said it takes around 15 days or so.

My boat (Bujin) left SouthHampton, UK on Aug 20th and reached Port Hueneme on Sept 13th. You should be able to track your ship on www.aislive.com in the Panama canal a week before it is expected to reach PH.

Username18 · 09-17-2005, 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by bmwboy29

What about to the East Coast? Massachusetts?

east coast is a lot better. My ship left Germany on 9/5 and arrived at port today(9/17). time at vpc is another story...hopefully only 2 weeks more(ED)

Nikki · 09-17-2005, 10:04 AM

you can check out shipping schedules on the websites posted in the order tracking thread, well at least you can for the east coast website and all of them to the east coast were between 13-19 days.

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longtran Lieutenant General 1429 Rep 16,628 Posts Drives: E90 M3 Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: CA iTrader: (105) Garage List 2006 325i [0.00]	yea, it took my car actually 3 weeks. from germany to west coast.
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Tater Hauptgefreiter 2 Rep 61 Posts Drives: 2011 E90 335i xDrive Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Arlington, VA iTrader: (0)	Merchant ships generally cruise at around 18-22kts, roughly 500 statute miles per day. Factor in a voyage nearly half way around the world, plus hurricane season in the Atlantic, plus canal transit, and you've got about a month to wait.
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marcus330i Lieutenant 42 Rep 524 Posts Drives: 2006 330i 6spd Join Date: May 2005 Location: Point Loma, California iTrader: (0)	Three weeks is a fast trip from Germany to CA. My ship took three weeks with one stop in Baltimore and one stop in San Diego before Pt Hueneme.. Other ships will stop in Belgium, England, and usually one or more East Coast ports before going to CA. So yes...30 days isn't unusual. Sometimes the ships stop for maintenance or whatever and can be in a port for several days. __________________ Realtor Mobile: 6spd / Sport / Prem / Navi / ED 3-30-06 73 3.0s/84 528e/90 525i/97 M3 4dr/99 M3 Conv/2001 330i/2004 545i ED/2006 330i ED June 05 You're in control...is there anywhere you want to go ? -------------------------
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Nikki Major General 990 Rep 6,381 Posts Drives: Sepang Z4MC Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: LA iTrader: (9)	you can check out shipping schedules on the websites posted in the order tracking thread, well at least you can for the east coast website and all of them to the east coast were between 13-19 days. __________________ Nikki
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