Under way again

As the ETD from Shanghai of the CMA CGM CEDRUS, the container ship bringing my excavator from China, was yesterday 18 January and it remained moored up in the Yangshan Deep Water Port all day right up until I went to bed, I’ve been curious about when it might actually depart. I had another look while I was having my lunch today and lo and behold I just caught its departure.

Prior to the first of the images shown above, at one time I spotted the three tugs shown alongside at its bow, stern and midships so surmised that it was about to depart and the next time I looked it was already under way. So it actually departed today at about 20.10 hrs local Shanghai time

The original ETD was 18 January and although its actual time of departure (ATD) is 19 January, its ETA at Xiamen, its next port of call remains unchanged as 21 January. Mind you, it appears from what I’ve found about sailing times on the internet, two days from Shanghai to Xiamen is normal.

My concern, of course, is that if ETAs start slipping my excavator will arrive in Marseille even later than the scheduled 03 March which will already be just over three months after the date on which I placed my order, and a further delay would be very annoying to say the least 🙁