Hurricane Irene | New York

smcadmin — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:57:46 +0000

Hurricane Irene appears to be heading towards the East Coast exactly as predicted which is going to be causing delays to all of our current shipments to/from the USA as well as those awaiting loading at the port

We would like to stress all shipments are as safe as can possibly be, the Port Authorities are preparing well for the arrival of the storm. All shipments with ShipMyCar are fully insured.

After its intensity held steady for about a day, Irene is deepening as it pulls away from the northwest Bahamas, on a collision course with the North Carolina Outer Banks. Although its maximum sustained winds of 115 have not (yet) increased, its central pressure has dropped (to 942 mb). Typically, a drop in pressure is followed by an increase in wind speed.

Hurricane Irene

Irene’s satellite presentation, shown above, has improved. The eye has become better defined and the storm’s outflow appears healthy on all sides. What’s striking about its appearance is the sheer size of the storm. Tropical storm force winds extend 290 miles from the center, and hurricane force winds extend 80 miles from the center.

Many large boats are heading at least 50 miles upriver to escape Irene’s swath, Veit said. Crews will latch down smaller boats at the harbor.

“We’re as ready as we’re going to be,” Veit said. “There’s nothing you can do beyond a point, so we’ll see what happens.”

Car Shipping from New York

For updates or information regarding your shipment please email us at info@shipmycar.co.uk

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Japan Earthquake and Tsunami

smcadmin — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 07:44:43 +0000

At ShipMyCar we have been shocked by the recent disaster in Japan, it is hard to imagine how it would feel to have a natural disaster of such scale here in the UK and how people would deal with it. It becomes more real when you see images of the aftermath from the earthquake and tsunami which you can relate to from your day-to-day work and when we saw these images from the areas we deal with such as the Hitachi car port it really hits home as to the level of destruction the Japanese people are facing.

Below are some images of cars, planes and ships that have been thrown around like toys:

Shipping Containers following Tsunami

Hitachi Port following Tsunami

Container ship following tsunami

Cars at Hitachi Port

Planes and Cars damaged in Japan

Cars on top of houses in Japan

Needless to say all car shipments to/from Japan are on hold, even the major manufacturers have either stopped production or slowed right down. It is too early to say at the moment whether the events will affect car production in the USA. All of this is insignificant of course in relation to the loss and ruin of human life.

Our thoughts go out to anybody affected by the events in Japan and we urge people visiting our site to donate to Doctors Without Borders (MSF) here

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