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All Aboard Asian Chorus! Departing Southampton 12 June
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All Aboard Asian Chorus! Departing Southampton 12 June
This thread is all about Asian Chorus, a lovely Ro-Ro carrier that is currently at the port of Southampton loading a MINI or two.
The vital stats:
Callsign: 3FWK7
IMO number: 9158604
Owner: Eukor Car Carriers, Inc.
Charter: Eukor
Operator: Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics
Flag: Panama
Capacity: 6,400 cars
Length: 199.9 m
Beam: 32.3 m
Draft: 10.0 m
Known NAM members aboard:
Krim
Mirrim
spidrz06
proximal
Tweeckey
dwf137
Sgregg67
AlexM
The itinerary is as follows:
Voyage ED823-ASC
Bremerhaven, Germany: June 6-8
Zeebrugge, Belgium: June 6-10
Southampton, UK: June 11-12
New York, NY, USA: June 20
Manzanillo, Panama: June 25
Port Hueneme, CA, USA: July 3-4
Tacoma, WA, USA: July 7
Yokohama, Japan: July 18
Let's be each other's eyes and ears and post any news about the whereabouts of this ship and our MINIs. I'm particularly hoping we can get a shot of it going through the Panama Canal, courtesy of the canal webcams.
Asian Chorus is currently at Southampton. Per the shipping movements page on the Southampton VTS page (linked above), it is at location (dock?) 43. Here is the view from Google Maps, 43 is right where that large cargo ship is docked with its ramp deployed. And yes, those are MINIs in that lot, ready to go to their eager owners.
This thread is all about Asian Chorus, a lovely Ro-Ro carrier that is currently at the port of Southampton loading a MINI or two.
Known NAM members aboard:
Krim
Mirrim
spidrz06
proximal
Tweeckey
dwf137
Sgregg67
AlexM
Let's be each other's eyes and ears and post any news about the whereabouts of this ship and our MINIs. I'm particularly hoping we can get a shot of it going through the Panama Canal, courtesy of the canal webcams.
Still lying at pier. That it is showing up means that her AIS is squawking. As someone who operates a small craft around big ships, I can say AIS Good!
Whew!! thanks for waiting, guys. I've had a whirlwind buying experience this time; ordered 5-25, built 6-11, on the boat 6-12. Much nicer than the first MINI, when I got to wait 6 months. Looking forward to a mid-July delivery now - 2 weeks sooner than expected