[jbirdav8r]

Today’s the day!

[bbarwick]

Gorgeous!

[Nighthawks]

Originally Posted by bbarwick

Gorgeous!

Wow! That is gorgeous!

[Nighthawks]

Today was my delivery day too!

[bbarwick]

Beautiful spec. I think you will be surprised at just how good this car is after learning and driving it over the next few days.

[pdjafari]

Just saw on the news a cargo ship hit a bridge which collapsed. I wonder if anybody was expecting a car at the port? Prob will be delayed and the follow on destinations may be as well?!

[geko29]

Originally Posted by pdjafari

Just saw on the news a cargo ship hit a bridge which collapsed. I wonder if anybody was expecting a car at the port? Prob will be delayed and the follow on destinations may be as well?!

There may be some short-term impact from the rescue/recovery operations in the immediate area, but BMW's VDC is at Sparrows point, which is at the outer edge of the inlet that contains the Francis Scott Key Bridge. So ships don't have to pass through that area to dock.

That said, ships are rarely BMW-only, so there may be other impact. I believe Mercedes offloads at Hawkins Point, which IS past the bridge.

[TaroBaapG35]

Originally Posted by geko29

There may be some short-term impact from the rescue/recovery operations in the immediate area, but BMW's VDC is at Sparrows point, which is at the outer edge of the inlet that contains the Francis Scott Key Bridge. So ships don't have to pass through that area to dock.

That said, ships are rarely BMW-only, so there may be other impact. I believe Mercedes offloads at Hawkins Point, which IS past the bridge.

The East coast bound BMW ships take Sparrows Point > Dundalk > Baltimore. I checked my boat that was at Sparrows point, started leaving at 1:36am and then by 2:06 was back at Sparrows Point. Until this morning I didn't realize why it turned around. Now I know. All transportation in/out of Baltimore port is of course delayed. Hopefully rescue efforts go well. 🙏

[specced]

Originally Posted by TaroBaapG35

The East coast bound BMW ships take Sparrows Point > Dundalk > Baltimore. I checked my boat that was at Sparrows point, started leaving at 1:36am and then by 2:06 was back at Sparrows Point. Until this morning I didn't realize why it turned around. Now I know. All transportation in/out of Baltimore port is of course delayed. Hopefully rescue efforts go well. 🙏

I wonder how long it will be delayed, I can imagine the clean up will take some time, then is the city to start constructing a new bridge, this can entail serious ramifications for a very large port.

Or would the incoming traffic be diverged to other port cities.

[TaroBaapG35]

Originally Posted by specced

I wonder how long it will be delayed, I can imagine the clean up will take some time, then is the city to start constructing a new bridge, this can entail serious ramifications for a very large port.

Or would the incoming traffic be diverged to other port cities.

I would think they would divert the ships to other surrounding ports. For Brooklands (ship at Sparrow point which has my car) I wonder if they could just hit up Brunswick and Charleston and then swing back around to Dundalk/Baltimore on their back to EU...

[FRCFED8]

Originally Posted by TaroBaapG35

I would think they would divert the ships to other surrounding ports. For Brooklands (ship at Sparrow point which has my car) I wonder if they could just hit up Brunswick and Charleston and then swing back around to Dundalk/Baltimore on their back to EU...

I have a bad feeling this will delay most inbound shippments for weeks. Mine is on the Donnington which is just chilling in the english channel now. Im sure they need to work our plans with other ports, vendors, and misc trucking to accomdate. This is going to be painfull.

It the big piture however the human cost to anyone hurt or killed out ways car shippments. I would assumse the 1000's working in this area for the port are also going to see mass furloughs with no shipping to handle for what could be months. We shall see but I think we wont know for weeks.

[Trevorr]

I know someone who works in the port area, just spoke with him. That bridge is also the main truck route since most cannot get through the tunnel due to size. So expect delays with cars already at the port. My car just arrived at that port a few days ago and its still at the port.

[Bimmerfun82]

Insane. Thinking of all those affected, injured or worse.

https://x.com/courtreporterkg/status...KC6jncqV7R3YLw

[Nighthawks]

I’m so sad for the six workers.

I do think BMW VDC at Sparrow’s Point will be okay since it’s before the Francis Scott Key Bridge. It will take longer to get around the closures.

[Nighthawks]

Originally Posted by FRCFED8

I have a bad feeling this will delay most inbound shippments for weeks. Mine is on the Donnington which is just chilling in the english channel now. Im sure they need to work our plans with other ports, vendors, and misc trucking to accomdate. This is going to be painfull.

It the big piture however the human cost to anyone hurt or killed out ways car shippments. I would assumse the 1000's working in this area for the port are also going to see mass furloughs with no shipping to handle for what could be months. We shall see but I think we wont know for weeks.

I’ll be curious to see if the Donington will divert to New York or Charleston.

[geko29]

Originally Posted by Trevorr

I know someone who works in the port area, just spoke with him. That bridge is also the main truck route since most cannot get through the tunnel due to size. So expect delays with cars already at the port. My car just arrived at that port a few days ago and its still at the port.

Size and hazardous materials. Any load containing hazmat is prohibited from using the tunnels.

Originally Posted by FRCFED8

I would assumse the 1000's working in this area for the port are also going to see mass furloughs with no shipping to handle for what could be months. We shall see but I think we wont know for weeks.

Once the recovery is complete, I can only assume that the absolute top priority will be clearing the debris out of the center of the channel so the port can reopen. Hopefully for those workers, that chunk of effort will be weeks and not months.

[Mrproper86]

I called bmw genius yesterday and asked them about the port. He said, the port where the cars are unloaded a, is before the Bridge. The local traffic due to the bridge collapse is going to affect the distribution and trucks leaving the port but shouldn’t cause any major delays.

[FRCFED8]

Well sure looks like the Donington has no where to go. Been doing figure 8's for 36 hours now since left Belgium to Balt. So got a feeling this may be awhile.

[Ibiza]

Originally Posted by FRCFED8

Well sure looks like the Donington has no where to go. Been doing figure 8's for 36 hours now since left Belgium to Balt. So got a feeling this may be awhile.

Change to PCD as then you’ll disembark in Charleston. I know it’s not possible, but wonder if customers who’s dealership vehicles went via Baltimore to be imported now choose PCD to avoid Baltimore.

[ncg80]

Originally Posted by Ibiza

Change to PCD as then you’ll disembark in Charleston. I know it’s not possible, but wonder if customers who’s dealership vehicles went via Baltimore to be imported now choose PCD to avoid Baltimore.

Baltimore is the first stop on the way to Charleston so unless they reorder the stops (not even sure how possible it is once the ship is loaded) then there will be a wait unfortunately.

[automaz_]

Originally Posted by FRCFED8

Well sure looks like the Donington has no where to go. Been doing figure 8's for 36 hours now since left Belgium to Balt. So got a feeling this may be awhile.

Have you tried to call bmw genius and see what they’re predicting?

[automaz_]

I just checked wallenius website and the two vessels that were supposed to leave on 3/30 and 4/3 are no longer on the schedule … prob cancelled and the next one out of Bremerhaven to Baltimore is now April 6th