This didn’t age well…

How'd that process go. He had someone there to take possession at the port for him? Did it come in a normal container?

The person that he bought it from did a lot of exporting so the process was pretty easy. We rented a Uhaul with a vehicle trailer and drove it down that morning from NC. We went to the importer/exporters office, dad signed a few papers, and we drove to the port with a huge file of paperwork. Showed some papers to the port officials and loaded up the unimog. As far as the container is concerned, at the time, as long as you could fit it, you could ship it. Weight was never an issue, it was all about the size. I will be buying a G wagon wolf in the near future but i will not be bringing it back on a trailer. I'm taking a cab from the airport to the port. Cant wait to drive my new G wagen!

+Aaron Fink yes it was a tour for journalist organized by Mercedes and the state port authority.

There's no way they would run tours here. I was putting in silt fence there about a year ago and I wasn't even allowed inside the actual port. I had to stay on the other side of a tall ass fence. with razor wire. and they hired us haha

@@ThePaintballfreak97 they actually do quarterly tours there in Charleston. They only allow 13 on the tour. Talked to the lady that organizes the few tours they conduct, she also told me, about a vessel tracking app. I used it to watch the msc Francesca come in to the harbor under the Ravenel bridge. We parked walked up the bridge and she floated underneath us. So cool to see something that size and not really make a peep coming into the Wando terminal. I hope to go back and do the tour.

Overpaid? Have u ever taught that your just under paid. you would step out that rig any day to be apart of that union facts

Not ever because I could never act like they do too work there you have to be first class jerks

@@cartman4885 I work on that port and those ILA drivers...just wow bunch of cry babies sometimes.

Yes - the companies you listed also have their own ships. Evergreen is another big name.

They are shipping who own shipping lines

The container is loaded onto chassis called "bomb carts". They have sides so the container won't slide off...hopefully. Usually the only times you see a road truck being loaded or unloaded by a ship-to-shore crane is when there are explosives, 1.1 or 1.2, or a "hot" load.

About an hour

Some days 40 mins . Some days an hour and a half

I think I read between 1500 and 3000 containers get lost at sea each year.

The Metal Butcher Why?

Yeah we receive them by train tho

Depends on your interests, which may be professional and include logistics. The average shmuck doesn't need to know that stuff.