Car Shipping Summary 2013

smcadmin — Wed, 04 Dec 2013 12:29:41 +0000

So as 2013 draws to a close we have started analysing the data from the last year. Ship My Car continued to expand through 2013, investing in double our warehousing capacity, increasing our service list for full service imports to include in-house welding and fabrication, tyre advice & replacement for imports, undersealing and further improvements to our LED programme.

Our average number of car import/export quotations processed has risen to almost 2,500 car shipping quotes per month via our instant car shipping calculator and continues to rise month by month as we develop our on-line marketing strategies.

Going through the vast amount of data generated by our instant quote system brings up some interesting facts :

1) The 2013 Ford Mustang is the most popular vehicle to consider shipping
2) Out of all classic cars considered for shipping, the 1966 Ford Mustang tops the chart
3) The Delorean DMC 12 was in the top 10 most requested vehicles to ship – Back to The Future popular this year?!
4) A large increase in European cars being shipped into the UK from abroad – mostly the Porsche 911, classic Mercedes SL and classic MG models
5) The most popular route was New York, USA to Thamesport

This year the shipping lines we use moved destination UK port to Felixstowe, we therefore have all of our container service from USA into Felixstowe, we have done our best to ensure unloading, and UK road transport to our workshop remains stable.

Some of our most popular posts on Facebook:

2013 Boss Mustang

Our improvements to our rear light cluster modifications mean that for a majority of imports we can now offer a true ‘Invisible IVA’ conversion with amber light flashing clearly through red light clusters. Poor IVA conversion can badly affect your vehicle and Ship My Car take pride in all vehicles we have shipped and subsequently converted to UK spec

We keep the original clusters

and use LED’s to shine through amber in colour

We also had a video produced to showcase our full import services, take a look!:

May we take this opportunity to thank everybody for their continued support, a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year

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Long Beach container count up over 30%

smcadmin — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 22:04:52 +0000

The October container cargo count at the Port of Long Beach, California, was 613,621 units, up 33.5% from the year-ago month, according to the port authority. Units are measured in 20-foot equivalent containers. October is the 11th consecutive month of volume increases at the port, which serves Los Angeles and southern California, in the year-to-year comparisons, according to a port statement late Monday.
Bunker prices did not respond to the increased traffic, prices in the port during October averaged $470.88/mt for 380 CST, while September averaged $456.64/mt, a 3.1% increase, according to Platts data.
“I don’t think there is a correlation between bunker prices and increased units,” said one Los Angeles bunker supplier. “If you look at what crude did during the same time, I think you’ll see bunkers followed crude higher.”
NYMEX crude averaged $81.89/barrel in October, up 8.9% from $75.17/b in September.
A total of 303,168 equivalent container units, also known as ton equivalency units, or TEUs, were imported through the Port of Long Beach in October, a 33.5% increase over October of last year. It is only the second time since November 2007 that imports have topped 300,000 units in a month.
Exports were up 26.3% to 150,581 TEUs.
Empty containers, mostly outbound overseas for refilling, was up 50.6% to 159,872 TEUs.

Source: Platts

We ship cars regularly from Long Beach – if you would like an instant quote please visit ShipMyCar

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Long Beach container count up over 30%