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How to Track Your Grimaldi RoRo Shipment

July 9, 2026

Grimaldi is one of the world's largest RoRo (Roll-on/Roll-off) carriers and a key line for vehicle shipments from the United States to West Africa. If your car or equipment is booked on a Grimaldi sailing through Global Kings Logistics, this guide explains how to follow it from departure to arrival, and where to get help when you need a status update fast.

What you need before you can track

Tracking a RoRo shipment is easiest when you have the right reference numbers on hand. Keep these from your booking:

Booking or Bill of Lading (B/L) number issued for your shipment
Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) for a vehicle shipment
Vessel name and voyage number for the sailing your cargo is booked on
Departure and destination ports (for example, Baltimore to Lagos)

Your Global Kings Logistics booking confirmation includes these details. If you are missing any, contact our team before the vessel sails.

The stages of a RoRo shipment

Knowing the stages helps you interpret any tracking update:

Booking confirmed: your vehicle is scheduled onto a specific sailing.
Received at port / gate-in: the vehicle arrives at the U.S. departure terminal before the cut-off date.
Loaded on board: the vehicle is driven onto the Grimaldi vessel and secured.
Vessel departed: the ship sails; this is when ocean transit time begins.
In transit: the vessel is en route to the destination port.
Arrived at destination: the vessel berths and discharge begins.
Discharged / available for pickup: the vehicle is offloaded and ready for customs clearance and collection.

How to track your Grimaldi vessel

There are two complementary ways to follow your shipment:

1. Track through Global Kings Logistics

The simplest option is to use our own tracking page. For vehicle shipments, our VIN tracking system lets you monitor your unit's status through each stage above, so you have a single, reliable source of truth without needing to interpret raw carrier data. This is the fastest way to know exactly where your vehicle is.

2. Follow the vessel itself

Because you know your vessel name and voyage number, you can also follow the ship's position on public vessel-tracking services and on Grimaldi's official tracking portal. This is useful for confirming that a sailing is on schedule, though it shows the vessel's location rather than the specific status of your individual vehicle. For that unit-level detail, our tracking page is the better tool.

Why transit updates matter

Ocean schedules can shift due to weather, port congestion, or berth availability. RoRo and container shipments to West Africa and the Middle East typically take 3 to 6 weeks depending on the route. Tracking lets you plan customs clearance and final delivery around the real arrival window instead of an estimate, and it lets you act quickly if anything changes.

Once your vehicle arrives, our customs clearance service helps get it released smoothly. Make sure your documentation, commercial invoice, bill of lading, and any import licenses, is ready; see our FAQs for the full list.

Need help locating your shipment?

If you can't find a status or your reference numbers aren't matching up, our team can look it up for you directly with the carrier.