Pyxis Leader (East Coast Bound)

Pyxis Leader is a large cargo ship with about 5,000 cars bound for
the East Coast. It's first stop is Jacksonville Florida and from there it will deliver
cars to Newark, NJ.
My guess is this ship will have most of the Prius' for June on it.
Currently the vessel is moving through the Panama Canal.
Currently you can see it here.
Pyxis Leader - Cargo Ship - Callsign: H9ML - vesseltracker.com
So for everyone who is waiting this is the second ship for the East Coast and
it should be in Jacksonville Florida 5 days or so after clearing the Panama canal.

 

I forget how long exactly but I think it made the trip in 3 days from Florida to Newark. The Kentucky Highway was stuck outside the panama Canal for a couple of days as well. The Pyxis Leader is moving right through it.
Also keep in mind that this is a slower vessel and it's a lot bigger. Plus Vessel Tracker is notoriously behind the ships actual time compared to AIS/Marine Traffic. I saw Vessel Tracker showing the Kentucky Highway going into the mouth of the harbor long after it had docked in Newark. Once Pyxis Leader leaves Panama it won't show up on Vessel tracker for a long time but it will pop up on AIS more often. I think it will take a lot longer this time because it's a huge ship and to unload it will take longer.
Since it cruises at a slower speed it could also take longer.
Here are the details on the Pyxis Leader.

Cruise and Cargo Ships: Pyxis Leader car carrier

Pyxis Leader is one car carrier built by Toyohashi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. The Pyxis Leader is designed to carry 5,427 units based on the standard car (6,405 units based on RT43L), trucks, complete knock down (CKD) kits and containers. This is the second of the series of car carriers being built continuously at the shipyard at Toyohashi. The vessel has twelve car decks with garage deck including two liftable decks. Car holds above the freeboard deck have two fire compartments. The main engine is a low-speed, long-stroke diesel engine Kobe Diesel-Mitsubishi 8UEC60LSn.The high performance propeller saves fuel oil consumption.
The vessel has a length of 199.94 meters, beam of 32.6 meters and draft of 10.30 meters, while the ship is fully loaded. The draught of the vessel is 34.8 meters and the free board is pretty large, like all car carriers. The main engine of the vessel is Kobe Diesel-Mitsubishi SUECeOLSH with full power of 15,540 kW (21,129ps) at 104 rpm. The maximum speed of the vessel is 20 knots.

 

I just hope they are faster at getting the cars from the port to the dealerships.

 

It's a Panamanian Ship built in Japan.....
I wonder if Pyxis is pronounce Pixie?

 

Well this vessel will probably have the bulk of the 2010's on it.
So yours should be on it.

 

I feel confident that you will get a car out of the Pyxis Leader. It should have the bulk of new orders on it. Also it's almost all the way through the canal! So figure another week to ten days and it should be in Newark, then about 10 days from the Port to the dealerships. So it should make it for early July no problem.

My car is in F status so that means as of monday they have 72 hours to pick up the car, assuming after that 2-4 days to deliver it and that means I should have the car Monday or Tuesday.
At least that's what seems logical based on what Toyota normally does. So hopefully........

 

That's a very valid point.
But if there are cars out there then people can test drive them and at least decide if they want a IV instead of a V.
For me it's easy, the II has no added options soit's simpler, just throw the floormats in the trunk and they are done.
That's why I'm hoping mine will arrive soon.

 

Actually I think you will find the reverse.
There will be more cars with less options. So you might find a IV or V with very few options. it seems that fully loaded cars are in high demand. So I guess the trick will be to see how many gadgets you can live without.