USA/Canada Delivery Thread

[DF_Toronto]

FYI: Current status of the Atlantic Container Line ships that typically carry Lotus shipments to the US:

Atlantic Sky - Docked in Norfolk, VA. Left Baltimore yesterday.
Atlantic Sea - Docked in Halifax, NS. Was due to dock in Baltimore on April 1. Will likely be diverted.
Atlantic Sun - Docked in Liverpool, UK. Was due to dock in Baltimore on April 8. Will likely be diverted.
Atlantic Sail - Docked in Antwerp, Belgium. Was due to dock in Baltimore on April 14. Will likely be diverted.
Atlantic Star - Left Halifax, en route to Hamburg, Germany.


FYI in 2021 Baltimore handled 824,000 autos through the port. That's 1/3 more than the next closest port by volume (Brunswick, GA). It's going to be a nightmare to divert that volume of cars to other east coast US ports.

Just had a chat with my dealer about something else and he just heard back from Lotus about Canadian shipments…no Canadian cars on the water or the ship that just docked, they plan to ship a “small number” of Canadian cars sometime in April. Not important right now but on a lighter note of “so Lotus”, the dealership is doing PDI/PPF delivery prep etc on a bunch of FE 2s that will be on the road any day while FE 1s that at my dealership were all early 2021 deposits spoken for before the unveil are still sitting at Hethel .

 

[dgrace]

Just had a chat with my dealer about something else and he just heard back from Lotus about...

Wow - that IS news!

 

[CoryC]

So at this point, is it known whether there were a load of Emiras on the boat that unloaded over the weekend? VIN list pending?

 

[robrmon]

So at this point, is it known whether there were a load of Emiras on the boat that unloaded over the weekend? VIN list pending?

As far as I know that’s still unclear

 

[Nova]

So at this point, is it known whether there were a load of Emiras on the boat that unloaded over the weekend? VIN list pending?

If there were cars on Sky, they were unloaded on 3/25, and today is 3/26, and ImportInfo's data on the Atlantic Sky is running 2 days behind - it's updated until 3/24. None of the 3/25 activities are showing up yet. So we may see something tomorrow if there were Lotus cars on this ship.

 

[DF_Toronto]

If there were cars on Sky, they were unloaded on 3/25, and today is 3/26, and ImportInfo's data on the Atlantic Sky is running 2 days behind - it's updated until 3/24. None of the 3/25 activities are showing up yet. So we may see something tomorrow if there were Lotus cars on this ship.

Based on info about Canadian & CARB Cars (if accurate), they are likely all USA non CARB if any…

 

[Nova]

Based on info about Canadian & CARB Cars (if accurate), they are likely all USA non CARB if any…

Huh? How do you know they are all USA *non* CARB cars, if any?

 

[DF_Toronto]

Huh? How do you know they are all USA *non* CARB cars, if any?

Just speculating - I thought I heard from a lot of the earliest CARB buyers that they just got word in the last few days that there cars were finally put on the water. That being said my dealer in Canada got a lot of FE 2s while awaiting FE 1s. I tend to think logically but I guess it’s all random.

Also, spoke to my dealer this morning and he had finally just heard back from Lotus this morning right before we spoke that no other Canadian cars are currently in transit but they hope to ship a small number sometime by the end of April :/. The first cars to leave the lot will be FE 2s .

 

[Nova]

Just speculating - I thought I heard from a lot of the earliest CARB buyers that they just got word in the last few days that there cars were finally put on the water. That being said my dealer in Canada got a lot of FE 2s while awaiting FE 1s. I tend to think logically but I guess it’s all random.

Also, spoke to my dealer this morning and he had finally just heard back from Lotus this morning right before we spoke that no other Canadian cars are currently in transit but they hope to ship a small number sometime by the end of April :/. The first cars to leave the lot will be FE 2s .

Oh okay. I took a break from this forum while waiting for news of cars being shipped. I, among several others, received notification in the last few days that our cars would be here "by 3/31".

 

[4MIR3]

Oh okay. I took a break from this forum while waiting for news of cars being shipped. I, among several others, received notification that our cars would be here "by 3/31".

I received the 3/31 email as well.

 

[DF_Toronto]

Oh okay. I took a break from this forum while waiting for news of cars being shipped. I, among several others, received notification in the last few days that our cars would be here "by 3/31".

I’m hope I’m wrong and purely speculating but the timeline suggests the majority of CARB FE 1s are currently on the water…

 

[robrmon]

Was this from lotus or your dealer?

 

[Idalee07]

Well, my car has been here since 12/29 and I still don’t have it or a date when I’ll get it.

 

[DF_Toronto]

Well, my car has been here since 12/29 and I still don’t have it or a date when I’ll get it.

That’s pretty wild, what’s the reason given for the holdup?

Did your car randomly show up as a lone car or two destined for your dealership and therefore sitting at the port waiting for a transport to carry a full load?

 

[Nova]

Was this from lotus or your dealer?

My info came from my dealer. While my dealer had been short on info, they arent the type to speculate. When they don't know they just say they don't know. As soon as they had a Vin, they sent it to me. So I trust that they have good solid info from Lotus indicating that our cars will be here soon. Multiple dealers got the same alert so there are likely quite a number of cars on the shipment due to arrive by the end of this month.

 

[KCMO68_510]

Well, my car has been here since 12/29 and I still don’t have it or a date when I’ll get it.

My car arrived on the 12/20 Atlantic Sun ship, and I'll get to take it home 4/13. Sometimes it just takes time...

 

[robrmon]

My info came from my dealer. While my dealer had been short on info, they arent the type to speculate. When they don't know they just say they don't know. As soon as they had a Vin, they sent it to me. So I trust that they have good solid info from Lotus indicating that our cars will be here soon. Multiple dealers got the same alert so there are likely quite a number of cars on the shipment due to arrive by the end of this month.

OK, thanks for the info, my assessment is that it might mean that the car is either on sky or sea? If it’s on sea, clearly it might be disrupted given what happened today.

 

[Idalee07]

That’s pretty wild, what’s the reason given for the holdup?

Did your car randomly show up as a lone car or two destined for your dealership and therefore sitting at the port waiting for a transport to carry a full load?

It’s at the dealership that refused delivery of the cars and they’re being stored at the port. It’s a small dealership so they’re only accepting a few cars at a time for release.

 

[Idalee07]

My car arrived on the 12/20 Atlantic Sun ship, and I'll get to take it home 4/13. Sometimes it just takes time...

True. I wonder if any dealership has had to deal with refunding a deposit after a death. It’s been about 3 years so statistically speaking it’s had to happen.

 

[Nova]

OK, thanks for the info, my assessment is that it might mean that the car is either on sky or sea? If it’s on sea, clearly it might be disrupted given what happened today.

Yep, they will likely land in NY or Norfolk if they are on the Sea. I am still holding out hope that they were on Sky.