More than 10,000 shiny, new vehicles have been packed and shipped on approximately 12-story vessels from South Korea and unloaded at the port for last-minute preparations prior to shipping them to dealerships. And there are many more on the way.
Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors began delivering to the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal, Packer Avenue and Columbus Boulevard, with five shipments already here and two more expected to arrive tomorrow and Saturday bringing in more than 17,000 automobiles to prepare for sale this month alone.
\”Contracts have been negotiated between various parties as the facility has been built out and when we were finally ready with contracts secured and a proper facility, we have begun to receive vessels,\” Robert C. Blackburn, senior deputy executive director of the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority, said.
The first vessel, Hyundai 203, arrived Aug. 2 with crews unloading 1,811 vehicles the following morning at 8. About 3,400 were unloaded Aug. 14 plus 1,500 more the next day. About 2,500 cars on average will be unloaded from each vessel, Blackburn said.
by Amanda Snyder
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