Thousands of SUV in the sea off California Parked Since the new car demand has fallen sharply

The length of nearly two football fields, the cargo ship Jupiter spirit came into the Port of Los Angeles’, on April 24, after a nearly three-week trip to Japan, wishing its load of about 2000 Nissan Armada SUV Rogue crossover Infiniti sedans and unloaded faster, half-day business activities. But if the ship, operated by Nissan Motor Co. arm of goods, about a mile from the coast had obtained his captain’s orders to drop the anchors. And it was the ship almost a week – a symbol of floating impasse unprecedented parking spaces near hundreds of acres flooded concerns vehicles that Americans suddenly have little desire to buy. There are gluts of all shapes and types in the United States today is a test of the scale of the economic pain will add the crown. Slaughterhouses kill and thousands of pigs expels day, dairy farmers pour away milk to take barrels of oil poured seller of buyers from the hands of last week, and now, brand new cars will be powerless to left for days at sea . For the automotive industry, that sales saw us in March, falling almost 40%, the crisis has left the dusty cars on dealer lots, blinds retailers, auction prices slip and tens of thousands of workers or leave fired. “Stores are not really accept cars and fleet sales are because the car rental operators and fleets are either not take over,” John Felitto, senior vice president, said the US group of Norwegian shipping company Wallenius Wilhelmsen. “This is unlike anything we’ve seen before. Everyone is full to the brim.” The mission of the spirit of Jupiter vehicle was finally unloaded on April 29th, but the auto industry is usually a business just-in -time that it makes the delay in ports like Long Beach so unusual, most of the area was introduced one million cars from Japan last year through the west coast ports, mostly in LA and Long Beach, according to Markit data IHS PIERS. Some East Coast ports such as in Brunswick, Georgia, experiencing higher than normal inventory, but industry officials say the main bottleneck is on the west coast. “It ‘s very unusual not to go for a container ship, a car carrier or a cruise ship right about berth, unloading and be on the road,” said Kipling Louttit, CEO of Southern California sea trade, will benefit from a non-profit organization that monitors the traffic transport, the south terminal Long Beach to LA, the cars are held in one of two pillars – one with lots of 22 acres and another 168 acres – that are capable of storing several thousand vehicles. Switches usually little time there before being removed in large areas of parking seven fifty-five miles, where the cost is lower, said Glenn Farren, director of tenant services and operations at the port. Then they are sent away by truck or rail to dealers. But last month the sales slump a residual chain reaction produced, so some ships diverted to other ports to wait another day to cancel the load relief and, finally, other trips before coming transition. finding space in the area for about 6,000 extra cars, in addition to 4000 on his website The Port of Hueneme, a major import facility in Ventura County, California, has had. Auto logisticians Many cold storage located in a narrow and a base adjacent US Navy is fixed after emptying the crown points at local colleges chafing. “You can not stack the cars,” said Kristin Decas, port director and chief executive officer. “We also looked at the Ventura County Fairgrounds with.” Toyota Motor Corp. precaution lease additional storage space has taken the sport in place in California, although he lived incoming ships to accept deliveries not yet important questions, a spokesman said. A representative of Hyundai Motor Co., said the automaker in South Korea has also increased the West Coast stocks and found additional parking has experienced the pressure to facilitate port facilities. spirit of Jupiter is from Nissan Motor Car Carrier Co., a subsidiary of the Japanese automaker and Mitsui O.S.K. Ltd. operated lines of Nissan said that delays in Long Beach are the result of reduced demand amid the Covid 19-pandemic and that there is currently no timetable has to remove their vehicles from the port and the secondary storage pools. “The company optimizes the flow of vehicles and their approach to the dealership for a quick availability when market recovery and return to showrooms customers,” said Nissan spokesman Chris Keeffe. Another vehicle auto transport Equipment leased by Japan Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd., arrived in L.A. on April 21 and unload their cargo. But the ship, the morning-crystal, hung around for a week waiting for its next mission in Nagoya, Japan, which is unusual in a business where the ships were running normally used back-to-back paths. struggling to cope well as doors with excess car inventory, they will prepare for an even worse result – Deliveries to completely stop as the recession digs deeper. The demand for cars and trucks in the United States is expected to increase by 27% to 12.5 million vehicles this year, IHS estimates Markit, releasing the few for the car industry prices used would overthrow in 2010 somewhere expected stabilize in the range of 8% to 16% by the end of June, according to JD Power, in the end, as the country and demand picks safe reopening. These acids results agree with what the Hueneme Harbor expected 25% drop in auto shipments next year. import cars logistics companies have already laid off about 80% of local employees in anticipation of a long dry season, Decas said. Its port has only two carriers drive provided after May 17, compared to four or five a week in normal times, he said. The door has the luck has another source of income, though. It is a major importer of tropical fruits such as pineapples, avocados and especially bananas. “People do not buy cars in a recession,” Decas said, “but they will eat a banana.” -With the help of Robert Tuttle.
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