Point of Entry for East Coast MR's
 

So with people on the west coast starting to take delivery and my estimated ship date here on the east coast coming up fast (10/18) I been looking over all my papers etc etc.

I see that on the dealer-link printout I had there is a column called POE and under mine it says BAL. Im guessing POE means Point of Entry and BAL is for Baltimore?

That fact confuses me cause I thought all MR POE's were from Long Beach or Tacoma Washington , then placed on truck/train to their destination.

So you other east coasters (I live in NY but my deal is in PA) whats listed as your Point of Entry?

you are correct. Baltimore is the east coast POE for cars

Now I wonder.............those due for Baltimore POE..........that boat is goin straight from Japan to Baltimore? I thought they weer all hitting the west coat then being shipped across the US via train/truck.

Investigators get me a boat name! LOL !
http://www.marylandports.com/info/cargo.htm

Thats what I thought also, and you guys told me no.

I "think" that a POE can be any place where the cars are finally checked in, the accesories are attached and the stickers printed. It doesn't have to be a port on a body of water. That's why I've seen an Evo or two with "DSM" as their POE because they were checked in at the Normal, IL plant. JAX, BAL, TAC are others.
Brunswick, Georgia is where a lot of cars come in too.

All of the cars Wisconsin gets, are from Tacoma, Washington.

im pretty sure the POE in CA is point magu and not long beach.

I signed up to get the vessel log info for that port...........dont have a possible ship name to confirm or deny anything tho.

Yes I am insane.

Newark / Elizabeth, NJ seaport is a small POE for cars.... But not as big as baltimore. dont know if any mitsu's get delivered to this port though... Baltimore might be your best bet.

Yep, mine is coming in thru baltimore port as per dealer link with an estimated ship date of the 18th, just trying to track it anyway I can (is it on a boat/rail/truck at the moment?).

who cares - just wait twannie :p

My MR is coming through Baltimore too (supposed to be at the dealership prior to the end of Oct). I was given a status detail from the dealer which lists the ship as BELLONA.


MK

Ok I got some info. Had to sign up for a free trial membership on http://www.balmx.org
Hopefully my MR is on there too!

ship
BELLONA
id#
8402371
in BAL port (cape henry)
10/08/2004 0020
left BAL port (cape henry)
10/09/2004 0235
previous port this ship stopped in
Brunswick GA
next port this ship will stop in
Davisville RI

is it possible that they dropped some off at Brunswick, GA?

^^ I dunno. My dealer said they will be getting theirs from the Jacksonville port on Nov 2nd. And this is the largest Mitsu dealer in GA.