Does anybody know if the Hual Tricorn is the last boat with pre-orders coming to the east coast? It arrived in Jacksonville last Thursday (October 17th). If it isn't the last, does anyone know what the name of the next scheduled boat arriving is?

 

I have no idea. All i know is my car is scheduled for Nov. 1 delivery and should be coming to the jacksonville port. Who knows? Maybe my car was on that ship?

 

Here is the schedule for Jachsonville:

Vessel Voyage Port Arrive Depart
HUAL Tropicana 318 Jacksonville 10/28/2002 10/28/2002 Auto Banner 56 Jacksonville 11/12/2002 11/12/2002
HUAL Asia 23 Jacksonville 11/26/2002 11/26/2002
HUAL Traveller 144 Jacksonville 11/27/2002 11/21/2002
HUAL Trotter 159 Jacksonville 12/5/2002 12/5/2002 HUAL Trapper 177 Jacksonville 12/24/2002 12/24/2002
HUAL Trophy 114 Jacksonville 12/30/2002 12/30/2002

Don't know how this will look with copy/paste.

Or you can go here:
http://www.hualna.com/vesselschedules.htm

Dan

 

Cool, and according to this schedule, the west coast strike will not affect cars being delivered to east coast ports. At least not in this case. Note, no stop on the west coast of the US.

HUAL TROPICANA - Voyage 318


Built: 1980 Ramp: 70 MT
Flag: N.I.S. Max Height: 4.5 M

Port Arrive Depart Deliver By
Inchon 9/7/2002 9/24/2002
Kanda 9/25/2002 9/26/2002
Yokosuka 9/30/2002 9/30/2002
Panama Canal 10/19/2002 10/20/2002
Rio Haina 10/22/2002 10/22/2002
San Juan 10/24/2002 10/24/2002

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Jacksonville 10/28/2002 10/28/2002 10/22/2002
New York 10/31/2002 10/31/2002 10/25/2002

 

For updates on HUAL shipping, you can go to their website... www.hual.com. On the right is a search bar, select trade route for Far East to US East Coast.

This search will give you a full list of scheduled deliveries for the east coast for all their ships. The summary list will only give dates yet to be filled. (For example, the HUAL Tricorn Voyage 57 no longer shows a date for Norfolk because it has already visited Norfolk and is heading further north now). To get a detail of all stops for a Voyage, click on the Voyage number.

I seem to recall reading somewhere else that the Z's come out of Yokohama, Japan. If you don't see that port on the schedule for a ship, it is not bearing Zs.

Hope this helps others still waiting for their cars!

 

Andy,

According to that schedule our cars should have been on the Tricorn! Has yours showed up on Nissan website inventory yet?

 

Based on delivery date given, I agree that the cars should have been on the Tricorn. As I understand the process, the car has to get from the dock to the Nissan distribution site before it will show up in dealer inventory. From that point, it's anywhere from 1 to 5 days until delivery.

Lucky me... I'll be out of town most of next week. My car will probably show up while I'm gone...

 

The late October / early November deliveries will indeed be on the Hual Tricorn. I know there is a schedual for this ship on the Hual website, but is there anyway to verify whether or not the ship actually docked on schedule? It was due into Newport News, VA yesterday, the 20th. I seem to remember a webcam or something at one of these docks. Anyone remember what the URL is?

 

If you go to the Hual website and follow the instructions I listed above, you will find HUAL Tricorn - Voyage 57 on the list. The first display is summary of stops yet to happen updated daily by Hual. Last week, Norfolk showed on the list. Now it lists Baltimore and New York only, so the Norfolk drop has definitely occurred.

You view the entire schedule, including stops already made, by clicking on the Voyage 57 link.

 

This is quite possibly my favorite post that I've read yet.

 

That ship leaving Yokohama 10/27:
Visit: http://www.hual.com/

Sorry but the forum software dosen't manage tabs too well.

HUAL ASIA - Voyage 23
Built: 1999 Ramp: 150 MT

Flag: Bahamas Max Height: 5.2 M

Port Arrive Depart Deliver By
Pyongtaek 10/17/2002 10/18/2002
Masan 10/21/2002 10/21/2002
Kobe 10/25/2002 10/25/2002
Nagoya 10/26/2002 10/26/2002
Yokohama 10/27/2002 10/27/2002
Panama Canal 11/13/2002 11/14/2002
Kingston 11/16/2002 11/16/2002
Rio Haina 11/17/2002 11/17/2002
San Juan 11/18/2002 11/18/2002

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Houston 11/22/2002 11/22/2002 11/18/2002
Port Everglades 11/25/2002 11/25/2002 11/19/2002
Jacksonville 11/26/2002 11/26/2002 11/20/2002
Norfolk 11/27/2002 11/28/2002 11/22/2002
New York 11/29/2002 11/29/2002 11/25/2002
Baltimore 11/30/2002 11/30/2002 11/26/2002