Japanese cars being imported
20 December 2006, 07:18 PM
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Japanese cars being imported
I was watching the repeat of the BBC's Coast program, and the first bit they where looking at was those big container ships and there cargo with the big containers in various colours and sizes.
I was just wondering, how do japanese (esp. Subaru) and another makes of cars get imported into the UK.
Are they put in one of the containers, or just put in the belly of a big ship?
I was just wondering, how do japanese (esp. Subaru) and another makes of cars get imported into the UK.
Are they put in one of the containers, or just put in the belly of a big ship?
20 December 2006, 07:25 PM
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roll on roll off like liverpool to dublin etc dover to france.You can also have cars put in containers.
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20 December 2006, 07:42 PM
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RORO, roll-on roll-off. They have precise plans of how to park cars at the very highest density and still get them on/off in the shortest possible time. They calculate gaps between cars down to the cm so that they won't brush into each other even during the heaviest swells. It's a real work of art !
20 December 2006, 07:59 PM
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BiJ; you dont want to know how the stevadoring companies 'get them off (the RoRo) in the shortest possible time'!
As people have said, virtually al cars that are imported come on massive ocean-going roll-on roll-off ferries like this behemoth below (the Asian Legend). I know this ships name because, by chance, most of the cars Ive imported have come to Tilbury/Southampton on it (I alsways use the same shipping company).
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As people have said, virtually al cars that are imported come on massive ocean-going roll-on roll-off ferries like this behemoth below (the Asian Legend). I know this ships name because, by chance, most of the cars Ive imported have come to Tilbury/Southampton on it (I alsways use the same shipping company).
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20 December 2006, 08:04 PM
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I meant to say, that some cars do come in containers, but by the time youve added the packing and container handling costs its usually far more expensive. Some car combinations will fit into containers well though and theyre also useful if you want to import other kit at the same time (filling the void space). Most basket cased and all half cuts come this way now because the Japan-side stevadoring companies either wont handle non-steering cars or they charge a fortune to load them into caddies.
The perspective int eh photograph is deceiving and the cars in the foreground hide the ships true size.
...This cow is small but this cow is far away.....
Simon
The perspective int eh photograph is deceiving and the cars in the foreground hide the ships true size.
...This cow is small but this cow is far away.....
Simon
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Originally Posted by ru'
And you can probably forget about the 'don't thrash 'em from cold, keep under xxx revs etc.' for the running in period, lol 
Off-loading worries me more than the rest of the journey combined.
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20 December 2006, 09:46 PM
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This is the ship that my Jdm sti is coming over on:
Here is the captain on the right and his first mate.
how sad am i??
As you can see it is a container ship, this is because the car ships were all full. Takes about 19 days on a container ship compared to 28/32 days via car ship.
Julian
Here is the captain on the right and his first mate.
how sad am i??
As you can see it is a container ship, this is because the car ships were all full. Takes about 19 days on a container ship compared to 28/32 days via car ship.
Julian
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20 December 2006, 10:00 PM
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I've a tear in my eye cos it's so sad 
You sad b*stard!!
TX.
You sad b*stard!!TX.
Originally Posted by WR1JLD
This is the ship that my Jdm sti is coming over on:
Here is the captain on the right and his first mate.
how sad am i??
As you can see it is a container ship, this is because the car ships were all full. Takes about 19 days on a container ship compared to 28/32 days via car ship.
Julian
Here is the captain on the right and his first mate.
how sad am i??
As you can see it is a container ship, this is because the car ships were all full. Takes about 19 days on a container ship compared to 28/32 days via car ship.
Julian
20 December 2006, 10:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Terminator X
I've a tear in my eye cos it's so sad You sad b*stard!!
TX.
You sad b*stard!!TX.
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