Mazda has made its first direct delivery of Japanese vehicle exports to the UK through the port of Bristol, part of a regular service that will delivery vehicles every 10 days. The vehicles are being processed at a dedicated distribution centre at the port.
On March 28, the Norwegian Car Carriers (NOCC) vessel Atlantic delivered 2,355 cars to Mazda’s new automotive port handling centre within the Bristol Port Company facility at Royal Portbury Docks.
That delivery will be followed over the next 12 months with a vessel roughly every ten days, each carrying between 1,000-1,200 vehicles. Mazda is importing the models made at its factories in Hiroshima, Miyoshi and Hofu plants. The first direct shipment included cars from across Mazda’s latest 2022 model year range, including the recently updated Mazda CX-5, Mazda3 and Mazda CX-30.
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