Hey all,
From across the pond here (Netherlands), while this is mostly a UK focussed group i did notice a few other countries visiting as well and i figured i'd drop in and share some stuff i found out about MG / MG4.
To begin with, i did also order an MG4 Trophy (it's actually called Luxury here instead of Trophy) at 28-Dec-2022. I was told 3-6months delivery at the time, no news about an update since. We have a dutch forum with basically the same vague issues about delivery you guys are reporting. So some of this vagueness is definitly coming from MG, however some of you guys seem to be getting forecasts a bit further into the future than we are.
With the help of those forecasts, some digging someone else did and further digging on my own, i've deducted that most (if not all) cars from MG to Europe are delivered by shipping company
Wallenius Wilhelmsen
On their website they have a promo page
<found here>, where at the bottom it says: "Managing the complete EV supply chain for MG Saic"
They also have a nice tool on their website showing the planned shipments for rhoughly the next 3 months for their whole network. The schedule tool is
<here>
Most ships enroute here to the UK will indeed also visit Zeebrugge as a stop. It's different everytime which one it stops at first, at first i thought it was mostly UK first but there is no route that is the same it seems. They obviously unload cars with the wheel on the right in the UK and cars with the wheel on the left in Belgium
.
One ship can carry over 7.000 cars and they obviously do not soley carry MG cars, they also ship other brands. I do believe the majority is produced by SAIC or a factory connected to them, however i am not sure of that. Neither does this tell you wether or not you're ordered car is on which ship. But it does give some insight in where the dates come from that the dealerships give you. They seem to line up rhoughly with dates i've seen being posted around over here.
A list of ships to keep an eye on below - which was focussed on deliveries to Belgium, also keep note some still need to pass Shanghai or Lianyungang for loading. I am not 100% sure but so far i'm getting the idea the MG4 model comes from Shanghai, but the ZS EV is coming from Lianyungang.
arrivals already on their way:
~04 FEB
Boheme
~05 FEB
Tannhauser
~17 FEB
Tulane
~19 FEB
Don Pasquale (this one seems to match several expected deliveries)
~25 FEB
Undine (no UK on this one)
Yet pass china for loading:
~10 MAR
Theben (only Belgium planned so far..)
~20 MAR
Tirranna
~22 MAR
Thalatta
~08 APR
Morning Laura (only UK planned so far..)
~11 APR
Thermopylae
~12 APR
Morning Lynn (no UK on this one)
*i didn't list ships that take a route through the US.
I can't find any to Norway, however there is a connection to Sweden with a secondary transfer from Bremerhaven to Gothenborg. This might be where cars to Sweden go through? or there could be a secondary shipping company taking them to Norway, which will also likely pick-up in Bremerhaven.
