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Old 06-19-2012, 09:56 PM
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Quickest Port for shipping back to US

I was talking to a local CA in Orlando regarding my previous ED experience and the upcoming ED in August and he said that there are certain ports that are quicker then others in terms of transit time back to US. Any ideas which ones are better? I haven't given my drop off location yet.
I am going only for three or four days so any help with must do drives would be appreciated!

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Old 06-20-2012, 04:39 AM
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Although Brunswick is one of the last ports for east coast ships, they seem to move cars very quickly through the port. I went from drop off to clearing customs and VDC in 29 days. It took my car a day and a half to clear customs and a day later, it cleared the VDC. I did redelivery last week at the PC in exactly six weeks and six days from drop off in Munich.
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Old 06-20-2012, 05:37 AM
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I was talking to a local CA in Orlando regarding my previous ED experience and the upcoming ED in August and he said that there are certain ports that are quicker then others in terms of transit time back to US. Any ideas which ones are better? I haven't given my drop off location yet.
I am going only for three or four days so any help with must do drives would be appreciated!

Thanks,
Do a search, there are a lot of threads on this topic.
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Do a search, there are a lot of threads on this topic.
+1! Every 4-6 month someone ask the same question over and over.
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Old 06-20-2012, 10:46 PM
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I was talking to a local CA in Orlando regarding my previous ED experience and the upcoming ED in August and he said that there are certain ports that are quicker then others in terms of transit time back to US. Any ideas which ones are better? I haven't given my drop off location yet.
I am going only for three or four days so any help with must do drives would be appreciated!

Thanks,
All BMW's are shipped from Europe to U.S. out of Bremmerhaven( Bimmer Heaven) IIRC so that should be quickest to get on a ship back to your U.S. destination.
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Bremerhaven or Munich most likely. There are several trucks a day from Munich, and at B-haven, the car just goes onto the boat.
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All BMW's are shipped from Europe to U.S. out of Bremmerhaven( Bimmer Heaven) IIRC so that should be quickest to get on a ship back to your U.S. destination.
O really!!!!!
I guess all this stupid employees of drop off locations had no idea about this.

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