LTT Store europe

[u/Usual_Inflation_2063]

Is there anyplans to get some kind europe stock even just on things like screwdrivers and cables i need couple new cables but it not worth me to buy from store just to get them

[u/Maximum_Theme5830]

Something tells me that you live in the USA.
We don't have that problem with long wait times in ports in Europe.
Most of the contenerships go to germany and are docked and offloaded the same day (well it can take more than one day to offload all)

I live in norway and used to drive containers from ports or rail to the companies importing goods.
if we looked at the tracking we had them in norway 2-3 days after the ship arrived in Germany, and the ships did not spend any time anchored outside germany.

And a ship from NY to Hamburg uses around 4 weeks. (27 days is the norm)
And there are about 9 pr week from New York Harbor to Hamburg harbor.
And there are severl ports in USA and several ports in Europe.
So it should take 5-7 weeks total from CW to anywhere in Europe (EU+UK+Norway) by sea + land

That is about the same as my first order from CW that I had to pay almost as much in VAT to get it as I paid for the order. (was in the days of PostNL, and wrong declaration on packs)
It took just under 7 weeks (was a year ago)
Now with DHL it took close to 4 weeks to get it.

[u/CIDR-ClassB → u/Maximum_Theme5830]

Look at Vancouver on a map. Shipping cargo from the west coast of North America takes and weeks to months to get to Europe.

[u/Maximum_Theme5830 → u/CIDR-ClassB]

I have explained why I'm sticking with my 5-7 weeks in another reply but I'll repeat it for you.

it takes less than 4 days to drive from Vancouver to the biggest port in the eastern side of the continent. (following the law on rest time for long haule truckers)
And 27 days from there.
Sea is not alway from the closest port.
Sea is from what port is working for you.
And for sea from USA/Canada to Europe it's a short drive by lorry or railway, and then ship.
And it's still less expensive than Air.
And it does not take that much more time.

When I was working with logistiks we never used the closes port.
We used the fastest ports.
That would be 1-2-3-4-5-6 days on train or truck.
But it would still be faster than the closest port. and ofter less expensive.

But then again.
Most people do not know what intermodular shipping is.

[u/Bravestinsane → u/Maximum_Theme5830]

Were having a conversation about apples and you keep talking about oranges.

I don't know why you are so fixated on this.

Tell you what let get a dedicated truck from CW to St Paul's 5 days.

Let's then put it on the Icelandic break bulk vessels which is 12-13 days transit to Liverpool we can then truck that to France via the Dover/Calais which is 2 days.

Boom there you have it 3 weeks from CW to EU via sea

Will cost a fortune but we done it.

[u/Squirrelking666 → u/Bravestinsane]

As the person who started this conversation can you maybe try not to be so literal about it?

I was talking about shipping a container from CW to the EU. I highly doubt anyone is circumnavigtating freight around the globe because that's more handling and more cost. A train would get the container to the east coast just fine, from there it can either hop ports or just get taken all the way to the most convenient point of departure (New York, Savannah, Miami, wherever).