3 weeks on the boat. Mine just docked yesterday.

 

http://www.ais-live.co.uk/AIS%20Live/aissolent.html
you can click on a ship and it'll tell you what's up, and then I cross checked with the southampton dock "shipping movements" schedule http://www.southamptonvts.co.uk/shipping_movments.asp and it said that it was scheduled to move at such and such time from dock x to dock x. A little late for the info now for those of us on the Freedom but whoever's on the next boat might be able to use it. Sometimes having too much infomation sucks also. I've gotten pretty OCD about tracking the stupid boat.

 

have you noticed the boat is not trackable on sailwx.info yet? kinda sucks

 

I don't think it's far enough out yet. Apparently if it's too close to shore it won't show up. I'm not holding my breath for it to show up before I go to bed tonight, or at least before I turn the computer off.

 

LarryData and I are in the exact same situation... same order date, same completion day, 12/08. After all the anxiety I've been through, it seems crazy to think I ordered the MINI only 16 days ago. And I have 30-40 more days to wait???

 

teachinkids, I'm guessing you didn't make the FREEDOM? According to the booking number, several cars that were supposed to be on it were not loaded. I don't know if that's actually the case or the WW site hasn't updated yet. I think there are ships every 2-3 days so I wouldn't worry about it. The FREEDOM was delayed by 1 day and actually left today.

 

My MINI will be coming to the west coast, Port Hueneme. The one I'm hoping for is the TASCO, sailing on the 10th. Hopefully. Otherwise I have to wait for a K-LINE or the next WW on December 17. Hmm.

 

One thing to remember about sailwx.info: it is essentially the ships reporting the oceanic weather conditions for their positions at that time. So the reason you can track them at all is because the captains radio in their position and the weather. If they aren't out to sea, they don't do it, because the weather just off the coast is readily observable and reported by many others.

 

Ok, my MA hasn't been helpful in assisting me on this. Is there anyone out there who can tell me why my car is still listed as "awaiting transport?" It has been at the dock since the 4th. I realize it could be on a K-Line vessel, but my MA didn't really seem to know what I was talking about when I mentioned that possibility. My VIN is WMWMF33528TU63855 if that helps anyone.

Every thing went quickly and smoothly until the car arrived at the port. In my strongly felt opinion, if MINI is going to let you track your vehicle, they should fix whatever problems exist in tracking certain shipping companies if that is the case. If my car is still at Southampton having been passed up by later built vehicles, I'll be very hard pressed to get a satisfactory explanation. With all this said, it is probably halfway across the Atlantic. Is there anyone who can confirm that? I'm still not sure why it wouldn't show "en route" regardless of which shipping company took the car. If you believe in luck, this certainly seems to be one of those unlucky situations!

 

plasmodesmata, my car was also completed on 12/4, but didn't ship until this past Saturday. It is possible that your car is still waiting for a K-Line ship or already got on one. Did you see that thread I pasted for you earlier on? That guy was on a K-Line and seemed to be able to get info about it somehow.

 

Mine got a space on the Tasco
Ed749-tco

 

Plasmo, check the k-line schedule http://www.kline.com/KAMCarCarrier/S...g_Schedule.pdf
With a little luck you might be on Frisia.If your vin doesn't show up on WW site most likely on K-line
My mini finished prod. Dec. 6.Got to the port on the 8th,too late for Freedom as vin won't show anything on WW site.
Guessing I'll be on Western Highway on the 14th.

 

Curious to see the routes for everyone else's ships. Here's mine: I'm on the Faust which is slated for an NY arrival on 12/14. Here is the list of all the stops cut and paste from WW:

LOCATION ARRIVAL DEPARTURE
BREMERHAVEN GERMANY 26/11/2007 29/11/2007
GOTHENBURG SWEDEN 30/11/2007 01/12/2007
ZEEBRUGGE BELGIUM 03/12/2007 04/12/2007
SOUTHAMPTON UNITED KINGDOM 05/12/2007 05/12/2007
HALIFAX, NS CANADA 12/12/2007 12/12/2007
NEW YORK, NY U.S.A. 14/12/2007 15/12/2007
BALTIMORE, MD U.S.A. 16/12/2007 17/12/2007
BRUNSWICK, GA U.S.A. 19/12/2007 19/12/2007

(I had to manually hit enter after each date btw to have this stuff all come out properly formatted)

 

Acebutt, thanks for that schedule! The schedule of the Frisia does fit the route that would be needed. My dealer usually receives cars through the Charleston port.

Russr, I looked for K-Line information, but found little help in verifying a car's placement on a certain vessel. I'll make a post later today on the forum to see if anyone has been successful in finding such info on K-Line bound cars. K-Line really is the only explanation I can think of at this point. Thanks for all the help!

 

As far as I know, the best way to tell if your Mini is on K-Line is if your MA can tell you when your car is expected to arrive at VDC.From there you look at K-Line schedule and guess which ship it might be on. That's how it worked out for me last time. E-mailed my MA today though, and she was NO help at all. Told me to try calling ask-mini.
Had already done that. They claimed to know nothing once it leaves the factory and heads to port.
Did find out @ ask mini:
Production Week 49
Start Build 11/30
Finish 12/6
@ port 12/8

 

Acebutt, did your car show that it had left the port when it was on a K-Line vessel? My car still registers as if it is still in Southampton.

 

Realblanka,
Faust is tracking on sailwx.info now in case you did not already know.

 

Yep, our cars are in the middle of the Atlantic - thx.

Yeah I just wanted to compare ship routes - unless they all go the same route in which case I feel silly.

 

Well, I didn't make it out on the Tasco. Ask-MINI told me mine was enroute to the port on 12/7. I was hoping to get on the Tasco departing Southampton on 12/10.

 

Funny thing is, I haven't seen the TASCO at the Southampton docks the entire day. Is it delayed?

 

Its already left aparently. Due in CA 12/31/07. Guess its gonna not get unloaded the next day I HOPE!

 

I did make the TASCO, after all. Its departure is now listed as 20:00 11/12/07. The delay shouldn't make any difference due to the arrival at Port Hueneme so close to the New Year's holiday. See you west coasters on the TASCO thread.

 

No, K-line doesn't seem to provide any info on what boat you're on. I made a best guess, then a couple days after scheduled arrival in Charleston Miniusa site changed status to en route to VDC. At that time it was the Emden. It was trackable at sailwx.info until about 2 days off the coast of Carolina.

Owner's Lounge will stay at 'awaiting transport' until after ocean crossing then will switch to 'en route to VDC'

 

My Mini was finished Saturday 12/8, made it to the Southampton docks, and will be headed for the East Coast (port NY,NY) on the Asian King.

Anyone else here traveling with me?

I don't know when it it scheduled to leave the UK or arrive in NY.

Larry

 

Ok, I see now that the Asian King should leave Southampton today, and get to NY on 12/20 or 12/21.

Port Country Arrival Departure

BREMERHAVEN GERMANY 05/12/2007 06/12/2007
GOTHENBURG SWEDEN 08/12/2007 08/12/2007
ZEEBRUGGE BELGIUM 10/12/2007 10/12/2007
SOUTHAMPTON UNITED KINGDOM 11/12/2007 11/12/2007
HALIFAX, NS CANADA 18/12/2007 18/12/2007
NEW YORK, NY U.S.A. 20/12/2007 20/12/2007
NEW YORK, NY U.S.A. 21/12/2007 21/12/2007
BALTIMORE, MD U.S.A. 22/12/2007 23/12/2007
BRUNSWICK, GA U.S.A. 26/12/2007 26/12/2007
MANZANILLO PANAMA 29/12/2007 29/12/2007