How Long to Receive Stuff

My container from NJ to STX took about 1 month.

Thanks Bob.

When we moved from NE Ohio to here in 2005, the furniture, etc took about 6 weeks.

why would furniture take so longer then a car? shipped a car twice from n.j. and two weeks at the max.

shipped a container full of furniture down in 1990, took several weeks but not a month.

Thanks for bringing this up, DixieChick. I was wondering the same thing myself.

I guess it's possible that cars are considered more urgent cargo and ship right away, but containers full of furniture can sit on the docks, waiting for the ship to fill.

why would furniture take so longer then a car? shipped a car twice from n.j. and two weeks at the max.

shipped a container full of furniture down in 1990, took several weeks but not a month.

Cars that are shipped separatly (called roll on roll off) are transported on different boats than containers. Container ships usually have weekly schedules. The other boats sail 2 or 3 times a week.

The shipping company I'm looking at says they leave every week from Miami and arrive in STX mid-week. That sounds like five days to me. How could that take a month or six weeks?

Also, I'm not trying to be argumentative. We are shipping some equipment essential to running our small business and don't want six weeks of down time. So I'm trying to figure out the best, fastest way to ship.

The shipping company I'm looking at says they leave every week from Miami and arrive in STX mid-week. That sounds like five days to me. How could that take a month or six weeks?

Also, I'm not trying to be argumentative. We are shipping some equipment essential to running our small business and don't want six weeks of down time. So I'm trying to figure out the best, fastest way to ship.

Your situation is totally different than ours was. You are shipping directly from Florida vs us shipping a partial truckload from Ohio which you must wait until movers (Allied Movers) consolidate with other partial shipments to make a full container. Our stuff went from Ohio to Illinois and then by rail to Florida, then on a boat to St Croix.

We shipped one car & I drove the car from Ohio to Ft Lauderdale (Crowley). Car had to be at port 72 hrs prior to sailing. They sail once a week to VI. Car was here within a few days.

Gotcha! Thanks, Jumbie, for the full explanation. That makes everything really clear now. I really appreciate it!

furniture took about 1-2 weeks, car took about a month

My container from NJ to STX took about 1 month.

My time was door to door, so it included time for movers at both ends, transferring goods at warehouses, loading/unloading the trucks and the container, waiting for the right day of the week for the ship to arrive, paperwork/customs, etc.

Gotcha. Thanks for the info.

The shipping company I'm looking at says they leave every week from Miami and arrive in STX mid-week. That sounds like five days to me. How could that take a month or six weeks?

Also, I'm not trying to be argumentative. We are shipping some equipment essential to running our small business and don't want six weeks of down time. So I'm trying to figure out the best, fastest way to ship.

What company are you dealing with?

Not being critical.

We're getting ready to choose a mover and any input would be helpful.

CD

I've been talking to VI Cargo. I've heard good things about them. I have nothing more than rumours to report at this point, but all of them good so far.

Just got ours yesterday, two pallets...no cars or furniture, just household stuff. Picked up in Austin on March 15!