--- title: "Which Ship Is My Tesla On? Sea Times | Delivery Status" description: "Eight tracked car-carrier voyages took a median 36.5 days from Shanghai to Southampton. Which factory builds your car, its ports and time to delivery." url: https://deliverystatus.app/guides/tesla-delivery-ships-routes-transit-times language: en --- [Guides](https://deliverystatus.app/guides) # Which ship is my Tesla on, and how long does the trip take? Many Teslas sold outside the United States reach their buyer on a car carrier. The ship, the port and the weeks at sea depend on which factory built your car. Here is the route from factory to handover, from orders tracked in Delivery Status and the ships the app follows. By [Jaap Rodenburg](https://deliverystatus.app/about#founder) Updated 29 October 2026 · 8 min read ## In short - Every UK Model 3 with a VIN in the app was built in Shanghai (536 of 536), and so were 535 of 539 Canadian Model 3s. UK Model Ys all came from Berlin (339 of 339). - Car carriers the app follows took a median 36.5 days from Shanghai to Southampton (8 voyages) and 37 days to Zeebrugge (6 voyages). Shanghai to Japan took about 8 days. - For Shanghai-built cars, the median time from VIN to delivery was 40.8 days in the UK and Ireland (108 orders) and 9.3 days in France (78 orders). - On one Shanghai to Southampton voyage with 24 delivered orders, cars reached their owners a median 16.4 days after the ship docked. - In the US, cars were handed over a median 1.8 days after the app saw them arrive at the delivery center (391 orders). In this guide 1. [What does Tesla say about shipping?](#what-tesla-says) 2. [Which factory builds my Tesla?](#factory) 3. [Which ports do Tesla ships use?](#ports) 4. [How long are Teslas at sea?](#at-sea) 5. [How long from VIN to delivery on each route?](#vin-to-delivery) 6. [How long from the port to my driveway?](#port-to-driveway) 7. [How can you find your ship?](#find-your-ship) 8. [What these numbers do not show](#limits) ## What does Tesla say about shipping? Tesla does not publish ship names or sailing dates. Its delivery page says you get a notification to schedule a delivery appointment "once you have a vehicle assigned to your order and we have an estimate for when it will arrive at the designated delivery location." [\[1\]](#source-1) Ship names come from buyers, forum trackers and carrier data. ## Which factory builds my Tesla? The first three characters of the VIN tell you: LRW is Shanghai, XP7 is Berlin, and 5YJ, 7SA or 7G2 is a US factory. [\[8\]](#source-8) Most countries got each model from one factory: Berlin built 99% of French Model Ys (2,573 orders) and 99% of Canadian ones (511). There is a separate guide on [how long the VIN takes by country and factory](https://deliverystatus.app/guides/tesla-order-to-vin-by-country). Share of cars built in Shanghai, by model and country For orders with a VIN, the share whose VIN shows Giga Shanghai. The rest were built in Berlin or the US. | Model and country | Orders with a VIN | Built in Shanghai | | ----------------------- | ----------------- | ----------------- | | Model 3, United Kingdom | 536 | 100% (536) | | Model 3, Canada | 539 | 99% (535) | | Model 3, Spain | 475 | 100% (475) | | Model Y, Japan | 456 | 100% (456) | | Model Y, Colombia | 365 | 100% (365) | | Model Y, Australia | 184 | 95% (175) | | Model Y, Norway | 371 | 74% (274) | | Model Y, Switzerland | 115 | 50% (58) | | Model Y, United Kingdom | 339 | 0% (0) | Source: Delivery Status for Tesla, orders with a VIN assigned July to October 2026\. Factory read from the VIN. Read 29 Oct 2026. A Model 3 for Europe, the UK or Canada sails from China. A Model Y for those markets comes from Berlin, and most for mainland Europe go by road or rail. Japan, Korea, Colombia and Australia get Shanghai Model Ys. Canada may change soon. Tesla paused Canadian orders for the Shanghai-built Model 3 Premium on 13 October, citing its import quota for Chinese-made EVs. [\[3\]](#source-3) On 26 October, Electrek reported Canadian Model 3 specs that match the Fremont-built car. [\[4\]](#source-4) ## Which ports do Tesla ships use? Shanghai-built cars for Europe are unloaded mainly at Southampton, Zeebrugge, Barcelona and Koper, and Berlin-built Model Ys for Canada arrive in Halifax. The "Tesla Shipping Movements" thread on Tesla Motors Club says ships often call at Southampton and then Zeebrugge, and that Irish cars go on to Dublin from Zeebrugge. [\[5\]](#source-5) [\[2\]](#source-2) | Route | Load port | Discharge port | Who it serves | | ------------------------ | ----------------------------- | ------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------- | | Shanghai to North Europe | Shanghai (Nangang and others) | Southampton, Zeebrugge | UK, Benelux, Nordics, Ireland via Zeebrugge | | Shanghai to South Europe | Shanghai | Barcelona, Koper | Spain, Portugal, Italy, central and eastern Europe | | Shanghai to Japan | Shanghai | Toyohashi and other Japanese ports | Japan | | Shanghai to Australia | Shanghai | Port Kembla, Melbourne, Brisbane, Fremantle | Australia | | Berlin to Canada | Bremerhaven or Emden | Halifax | Canada, Model Y from Berlin | Ports from ship tracking (BETA) records, public ship position data and forum and news reports. [\[2\]](#source-2) [\[5\]](#source-5) [\[6\]](#source-6) ## How long are Teslas at sea? Car carriers the app follows took a median 36.5 days from Shanghai to Southampton and 37 days to Zeebrugge, about five weeks. The figures count voyages from departure to the next listed port, so samples are small. __Voyages departing March to October 2026, from public port call data. Not every voyage is confirmed to carry Teslas.__ | Route | Voyages | Median days at sea | Middle half | | ---------------------------------- | ------- | ------------------ | ------------ | | Shanghai to Southampton | 8 | 36.5 | 34.5 to 40.1 | | Shanghai to Zeebrugge | 6 | 37.0 | 35.5 to 45.7 | | Shanghai to Bremerhaven | 5 | 44.3 | 42.2 to 56.1 | | Shanghai to Australia (east coast) | 8 | 13.3 | 12.0 to 23.5 | | Shanghai to Japan | 8 | 8.4 | 6.6 to 35.1 | | Bremerhaven or Emden to Halifax | 12 | 12.7 | 10.6 to 14.6 | Median days at sea, by route For car carriers Delivery Status follows, the median days from leaving the load port to arriving at the destination port. | Route | Median days at sea | | ------------------------------- | ------------------ | | Shanghai to Southampton | 37 days | | Shanghai to Zeebrugge | 37 days | | Shanghai to Bremerhaven | 44 days | | Shanghai to Australia (east) | 13 days | | Shanghai to Japan | 8 days | | Bremerhaven or Emden to Halifax | 13 days | Source: Delivery Status for Tesla, public port call data for 47 voyages that departed March to October 2026\. Read 29 Oct 2026. Much of the Europe figure depends on the Red Sea. Lloyd's List Intelligence, quoted by Kuehne+Nagel in October 2026, says most non-Chinese car carrier operators still sail around the Cape of Good Hope. [\[7\]](#source-7) Two September voyages that went through Suez reached Koper and Portbury in 27 and 28 days. ## How long from VIN to delivery on each route? The wait after the VIN ran from a median 6.5 days in the US to 40.8 days for Shanghai cars in the UK and Ireland. The [VIN guide](https://deliverystatus.app/guides/tesla-vin-assigned-what-happens-next) has the overall figures for Berlin and Shanghai cars delivered in Europe. [\[8\]](#source-8) __Orders delivered 26 August to 29 October 2026\. Factory read from the VIN.__ | Route (factory to destination) | Delivered orders | Median days | Middle half | | ------------------------------------ | ---------------- | ----------- | ------------ | | US-built, United States | 748 | 6.5 | 3.2 to 14.2 | | Berlin, Europe (not UK or Ireland) | 824 | 18.0 | 14.7 to 23.9 | | Shanghai, Europe (not UK or Ireland) | 509 | 20.0 | 11.3 to 29.0 | | Berlin, UK and Ireland | 36 | 22.7 | 17.2 to 26.0 | | Shanghai, UK and Ireland | 108 | 40.8 | 22.8 to 45.9 | | Berlin, Canada | 139 | 27.2 | 10.5 to 37.7 | | Shanghai, Canada | 83 | 27.7 | 10.7 to 44.3 | | Shanghai, Japan | 124 | 35.5 | 26.2 to 43.7 | | Shanghai, Colombia | 75 | 22.7 | 11.1 to 38.8 | | Shanghai, Australia and New Zealand | 25 | 16.5 | 10.2 to 22.4 | Days from VIN to delivery, by route For delivered orders, the quarter mark, median and three-quarter mark of days from VIN to delivery. | Route | Quarter mark | Median | Three-quarter mark | | ------------------------ | ------------ | ------- | ------------------ | | US-built, US | 3 days | 7 days | 14 days | | Berlin, Europe | 15 days | 18 days | 24 days | | Shanghai, Europe | 11 days | 20 days | 29 days | | Shanghai, UK and Ireland | 23 days | 41 days | 46 days | | Berlin, Canada | 11 days | 27 days | 38 days | | Shanghai, Canada | 11 days | 28 days | 44 days | | Shanghai, Japan | 26 days | 36 days | 44 days | | Shanghai, Colombia | 11 days | 23 days | 39 days | Source: Delivery Status for Tesla, orders delivered 26 Aug to 29 Oct 2026\. Europe excludes the UK and Ireland. Factory read from the VIN. Read 29 Oct 2026. A Shanghai car for mainland Europe usually got its VIN after it set sail: the median VIN to delivery time (20 days, 9.3 in France) is shorter than the trip (about 37 days). Some buyers report that UK cars get their VIN around loading, which would put the whole voyage after it. [\[5\]](#source-5) The sea trip is not always the long part. Japan is about 8 days by sea from Shanghai, yet the median from VIN to delivery there was 35.5 days. See [how accurate the delivery window is](https://deliverystatus.app/guides/tesla-delivery-window-accuracy). ## How long from the port to my driveway? On one Shanghai to Southampton voyage, cars reached their owners a median 16.4 days after the ship docked. It docked on 10 September 2026\. Of 53 orders linked to it in ship tracking (BETA), 24 have a recorded delivery, all within 21 days. __UK: one Shanghai to Southampton voyage that docked 10 September 2026\. US: arrivals the app detected, deliveries 26 August to 29 October 2026\. Middle half means the middle half of orders.__ | Step | Orders | Median | Range | | ------------------------------------------ | ------ | --------- | ----------------------------- | | Ship docked to delivery, UK (one voyage) | 24 | 16.4 days | 9.4 to 21 days (full range) | | Arrived at delivery center to delivery, US | 391 | 1.8 days | 0.9 to 3.1 days (middle half) | A rule of thumb posted on TFF Forum in October 2026 is 5 to 10 days from unloading to the delivery center. [\[9\]](#source-9) ## How can you find your ship? Start with the VIN: LRW means a sea voyage from Shanghai, and you can [match a VIN to a ship](https://deliverystatus.app/tesla-vin-ship). XP7 cars for mainland Europe usually have no deep-sea ship to follow. Advisors sometimes share the ship name or port, and forum threads list confirmed and suspected ships. [\[5\]](#source-5) [\[6\]](#source-6) [\[10\]](#source-10) In Delivery Status, [ship tracking (BETA, Pro)](https://deliverystatus.app/tesla-ship-tracking) links an order to a ship when a carrier publishes the VIN, and you can link one yourself on the Vessel Map (Pro). A linked ship helps you follow the car. Tesla has not confirmed it. ## What these numbers do not show - Ship matching is incomplete. About one in five Shanghai-built UK orders with a VIN had a ship linked (107 of 536), and far fewer Shanghai-built Canadian orders, Model 3 and Model Y together (23 of 537). - Days at sea count voyages from port calls, not orders. - The UK port-to-delivery figure comes from one voyage, and more than half of its linked orders have no recorded delivery yet. - The figures show usual timing for a route, only for app users. They cannot place your own car. ## About the numbers Order figures come from Delivery Status for Tesla, read on 29 October 2026, and cover only people who track their order in the app. The factory shares rest on 115 to 539 orders with a VIN for each model and country. The VIN to delivery medians rest on 25 to 824 delivered orders per route (26 August to 29 October 2026), and the US arrival figure on 391 orders. Days at sea come from public port call data: 47 voyages that departed March to October 2026, 5 to 12 for each route. The port to delivery figure for the UK is one voyage with 24 delivered orders out of 53 linked. Ship links come from carrier data and links buyers add. Groups with fewer than 20 orders are left out. Published 29 October 2026 · Updated 29 October 2026 ## Sources 1. [Taking Delivery](https://www.tesla.com/support/taking-delivery)Tesla 2. [Tesla Model Y Performance deliveries in Canada expected soon, but not for everyone](https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/tesla-model-y-performance-deliveries-in-canada-expected-soon-but-not-for-everyone/)Drive Tesla Canada, 10 March 2026 3. [Tesla pauses Model 3 orders in Canada as China EV quota sits 67% unused](https://electrek.co/2026/10/13/tesla-model-3-canada-orders-paused-china-import-quota/)Electrek, 13 October 2026 4. [Tesla appears to be preparing to sell US-built Model 3s in Canada again](https://electrek.co/2026/10/26/tesla-us-built-model-3-canada-return-584-km/)Electrek, 26 October 2026 5. [Tesla Shipping Movements, opening post](https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/tesla-shipping-movements.319517/)Tesla Motors Club, January 2024, last edited April 2024 6. [Tesla Shipping Movements, page 1050](https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/tesla-shipping-movements.319517/post-9187579)Tesla Motors Club, 25 to 29 October 2026 7. [Suez recovery gathers pace, but sector split points](https://mykn.kuehne-nagel.com/news/article/suez-recovery-gathers-pace-but-sector-split)Kuehne+Nagel, October 2026 8. [Tesla VIN assigned: what happens next](https://deliverystatus.app/guides/tesla-vin-assigned-what-happens-next)Delivery Status 9. [Model 3 Highland, Bestellungen und Auslieferungen 2026 (Teil 8)](https://tff-forum.de/t/model-3-highland-bestellungen-und-auslieferungen-2026-teil-8/441141)TFF Forum, 6 October 2026 10. [Model 3 Highland, Bestellungen und Auslieferungen 2026 (Teil 8), page 145](https://tff-forum.de/t/model-3-highland-bestellungen-und-auslieferungen-2026-teil-8/441141?page=145)TFF Forum, 22 October 2026 About the author Jaap Rodenburg Jaap builds Delivery Status for Tesla from the Netherlands. He started it during his own Tesla wait in 2025 and answers questions about orders on Discord and on Tweakers, as GardenSnakes. 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