How to Track your MINI: Revised, Expanded and Updated
#151
Mine has the same scheduled arrival date as yours in port Hueneme, CA. Mine is on the cargo ship "Toronto" (WWL, call sign MKKE3). What ship is yours on?
By the way, does anybody have a link to a website that tracks ships as they cross the Atlantic? The website http://www.sailwx.info doesn't track the ship "Toronto" at all.
Thanks...
By the way, does anybody have a link to a website that tracks ships as they cross the Atlantic? The website http://www.sailwx.info doesn't track the ship "Toronto" at all.
Thanks...
Unless the Toronto starts broadcasting weather reports you will not be able to track it across the ocean.
#152
Steveski,
Thanks for the information! The "Toronto" is scheduled to go to New York first, then through the Panama Canal. Will I be able to start tracking it again when it gets near New York? It would also be fun to track it through the Panama Canal too!
I used this site to track the ship from Southampton through the English Channel before I lost it last night.
http://aprs.fi/?call=MKKE3&mt=m&z=11&timerange=3600
Thanks for the information! The "Toronto" is scheduled to go to New York first, then through the Panama Canal. Will I be able to start tracking it again when it gets near New York? It would also be fun to track it through the Panama Canal too!
I used this site to track the ship from Southampton through the English Channel before I lost it last night.
http://aprs.fi/?call=MKKE3&mt=m&z=11&timerange=3600
Last edited by mbu; 08-01-2009 at 06:17 PM.
#153
Which dealer are you picking yours up from? I ordered mine from MINI of Mountain View.
By the way, does anybody have a link to a website that tracks ships as they cross the Atlantic? The website http://www.sailwx.info doesn't track the ship "Toronto" at all.
Thanks...
Thanks...
Thanks to everyone who provided all the information to put this thread together by the way!
#154
Steveski,
Thanks for the information! The "Toronto" is scheduled to go to New York first, then through the Panama Canal. Will I be able to start tracking it again when it gets near New York? It would also be fun to track it through the Panama Canal too!
I used this site to track the ship from Southampton through the English Channel before I lost it last night.
http://aprs.fi/?call=MKKE3&mt=m&z=11&timerange=3600
Thanks for the information! The "Toronto" is scheduled to go to New York first, then through the Panama Canal. Will I be able to start tracking it again when it gets near New York? It would also be fun to track it through the Panama Canal too!
I used this site to track the ship from Southampton through the English Channel before I lost it last night.
http://aprs.fi/?call=MKKE3&mt=m&z=11&timerange=3600
Yeah that site should work once it gets close enough to land.
I used this site, it's looks very similar, here's the direct link for the Toronto http://marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdet...MMSI=232664000
#156
#157
If one REALLY has some time and if one can figure out exactly when the ship that is carrying your Mini will be going thru the Panama Canal then one can see it with these web cameras at the locks...
http://www.pancanal.com/eng/photo/camera-java.html
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http://www.pancanal.com/eng/photo/camera-java.html
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#158
Based on the discussion here, some of you may have been in the same production week as me (born dates of 7/26 through 8/1). Miniac81 and I would welcome any appropriate company in our Week 31 support group at https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...ort-group.html so we can commiserate until delivery and beyond.
Regards,
M
Regards,
M
Last edited by R55|4|M; 08-13-2009 at 10:14 PM.
#159
As a member of the Week 34, 2009 production week group, we found some information we would like to pass along.
Halifax webcam
Halifax, NS is the first stop for your car carrier on its way to dropping off cars on the east coast. You can see your ship arrive and leave on two webcams: "Chebucto Head" and "Harbour Entrance"
http://www.novascotiawebcams.com/#axzz11JkjmGM0
Halifax ship schedule
http://www.portarrivals.com/list.asp...6340&t=HALIFAX
New York/New Jersey ship arrival schedule (I couldn't get it to load properly on Mozilla Firefox. I had to use Internet Explorer)
http://www.firstnynj.com/
Panama Canal Atlantic side arrival schedule (this schedule is now located in a secured area of the website that requires password access)
It is arranged by ETA times. On the right are two columns. One is labeled, "First Lock Time," and, "Depart Last Lock." You can use this information to narrow down the time you can expect to see your ship on the lock webcams.
http://www.pancanal.com/evtms-rpts/agents/SY5700RP.pdf
In his post below, RayRatt talks about several tracking sites which you have to sign up for. One site I like is, VesselTracker.com
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Home.html
If you sign up for the Free Account, the data is only delayed by two hours. Otherwise, the data will be 24 hours delayed if you don't sign up. I like to use this site to track a ship going through the Panama Canal.
On the WW ship schedule, you will notice a date for Manzanillo
http://schedule.2wglobal.com/AppSche...pe=generatePDF
This is the date that the ship is scheduled to arrive at the Atlantic side of Panama near the city of Colon. On this date, you can log onto Vesseltracker.com and search for your ship in the Panama region. Your ship will stay overnight near Colon, and it will go through the Panama Canal the next day.
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Area/panama/Map.html
Believe me, you will be so excited and relived to see your ship on any map since it disappeared off the English Channel two weeks prior.
We had a viewing party for the Week 34 ship, Porgy, as it sailed through the Panama Canal. Here are two pictures which our members captured.
Gatun Locks
Mira flores Locks
Port of Hueneme vessel schedule
Look for the link to "Current Vessel Schedule" on this site.
http://www.portofhueneme.org/home.php
Halifax webcam
Halifax, NS is the first stop for your car carrier on its way to dropping off cars on the east coast. You can see your ship arrive and leave on two webcams: "Chebucto Head" and "Harbour Entrance"
http://www.novascotiawebcams.com/#axzz11JkjmGM0
Halifax ship schedule
http://www.portarrivals.com/list.asp...6340&t=HALIFAX
New York/New Jersey ship arrival schedule (I couldn't get it to load properly on Mozilla Firefox. I had to use Internet Explorer)
http://www.firstnynj.com/
Panama Canal Atlantic side arrival schedule (this schedule is now located in a secured area of the website that requires password access)
It is arranged by ETA times. On the right are two columns. One is labeled, "First Lock Time," and, "Depart Last Lock." You can use this information to narrow down the time you can expect to see your ship on the lock webcams.
http://www.pancanal.com/evtms-rpts/agents/SY5700RP.pdf
In his post below, RayRatt talks about several tracking sites which you have to sign up for. One site I like is, VesselTracker.com
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Home.html
If you sign up for the Free Account, the data is only delayed by two hours. Otherwise, the data will be 24 hours delayed if you don't sign up. I like to use this site to track a ship going through the Panama Canal.
On the WW ship schedule, you will notice a date for Manzanillo
http://schedule.2wglobal.com/AppSche...pe=generatePDF
This is the date that the ship is scheduled to arrive at the Atlantic side of Panama near the city of Colon. On this date, you can log onto Vesseltracker.com and search for your ship in the Panama region. Your ship will stay overnight near Colon, and it will go through the Panama Canal the next day.
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Area/panama/Map.html
Believe me, you will be so excited and relived to see your ship on any map since it disappeared off the English Channel two weeks prior.
We had a viewing party for the Week 34 ship, Porgy, as it sailed through the Panama Canal. Here are two pictures which our members captured.
Gatun Locks
Mira flores Locks
Port of Hueneme vessel schedule
Look for the link to "Current Vessel Schedule" on this site.
http://www.portofhueneme.org/home.php
Last edited by UAL_Kingpin; 10-03-2010 at 11:47 AM.
#160
The Week 34 (2009) Support Group that UAL_Kingpin (see above) and I were members of utilized most of the information presented in this thread. For anyone serious (crazy?) enough to want to follow their MINI through the entire process, that information is a gold mine. We ran into some problems (our ship, the Porgy, was brand new and not yet signed up with the sail-wx weather tracking site so we could not track her very far after leaving Southampton).
Watching the ships on the various live web cams at various ports and the Panama Canal was fun. Tracking the ship on the live AIS tracking sites was also fun, but in a couple cases you must sign up for a free membership to see ship locations that are only an hour behind (versus a 24-hour delay otherwise). The timestamps on the AIS tracking system at the Panama Canal are not local time - probably Universal time.
Besides the marinetraffic.com site for watching ships travel the last 300 miles to Port Hueneme (Los Angeles), you might try the Shine Micro AIS tracking site (again, you need a free membership to see reasonably current data):
http://shinemicro.com/Live.asp?regio...est%20Overview
That map is "busy" and shows ocean depths and the military ammunition disposal sites. Each of the AIS tracking sites has their pros and cons.
One thing I personally learned from tracking my MINI is that the production dates are probably established based on when the ships will be docked at Southampton. They try to not have to store a lot of cars at the Oxford factory, so production is planned so the cars are shipped out as fast as possible. For example, my MINI was scheduled to be completed on August 27th... from checking the schedules, I knew the next ship to California was arriving (and leaving) the next day. Since people said it takes 36 hours for a MINI to reach the Southampton dock after passing the final QC inspections, I was resigned to the fact that I would have to wait another two weeks for the next ship to the west coast. By watching the Wallenius Wilhelmsen cargo tracking site, I could tell they loaded cars onto the ship non-stop for eight hours. Not seeing my VIN on that list of cars loaded on the ship (let alone cars that had been received at the dock), I gave up hope since the ship was scheduled to sail in 2-1/2 hours. But, I was in for a surprise. The departure time was moved back and a couple hours later I was pleased to see that my car (and six others) had been loaded on the ship. Apparently, they hauled the seven late-production cars down to the dock on a transport truck. So, don't give up hope until your ship sails.
It should be noted that another member of the Week 34 group missed his boat even though the departure time was changed twice. His car got held up in the paint shop for over 4 days (partly due to the Sunday factory shutdown). Fortunately, his car was destined for the east coast and thus he only had to wait one week for the next ship.
Watching the ships on the various live web cams at various ports and the Panama Canal was fun. Tracking the ship on the live AIS tracking sites was also fun, but in a couple cases you must sign up for a free membership to see ship locations that are only an hour behind (versus a 24-hour delay otherwise). The timestamps on the AIS tracking system at the Panama Canal are not local time - probably Universal time.
Besides the marinetraffic.com site for watching ships travel the last 300 miles to Port Hueneme (Los Angeles), you might try the Shine Micro AIS tracking site (again, you need a free membership to see reasonably current data):
http://shinemicro.com/Live.asp?regio...est%20Overview
That map is "busy" and shows ocean depths and the military ammunition disposal sites. Each of the AIS tracking sites has their pros and cons.
One thing I personally learned from tracking my MINI is that the production dates are probably established based on when the ships will be docked at Southampton. They try to not have to store a lot of cars at the Oxford factory, so production is planned so the cars are shipped out as fast as possible. For example, my MINI was scheduled to be completed on August 27th... from checking the schedules, I knew the next ship to California was arriving (and leaving) the next day. Since people said it takes 36 hours for a MINI to reach the Southampton dock after passing the final QC inspections, I was resigned to the fact that I would have to wait another two weeks for the next ship to the west coast. By watching the Wallenius Wilhelmsen cargo tracking site, I could tell they loaded cars onto the ship non-stop for eight hours. Not seeing my VIN on that list of cars loaded on the ship (let alone cars that had been received at the dock), I gave up hope since the ship was scheduled to sail in 2-1/2 hours. But, I was in for a surprise. The departure time was moved back and a couple hours later I was pleased to see that my car (and six others) had been loaded on the ship. Apparently, they hauled the seven late-production cars down to the dock on a transport truck. So, don't give up hope until your ship sails.
It should be noted that another member of the Week 34 group missed his boat even though the departure time was changed twice. His car got held up in the paint shop for over 4 days (partly due to the Sunday factory shutdown). Fortunately, his car was destined for the east coast and thus he only had to wait one week for the next ship.
Last edited by RayRatt; 09-17-2009 at 04:27 PM.
#161
That is still true. My MINI was off-loaded at Port Hueneme and then the ship continued on its journey to Tacoma Washington - just a few miles from my dealership! My MINI took another week to get there by transport truck.
#162
Does anyone else have further info?
#163
#164
I've tried researching this, but if you're car is showing up incorrectly for the first day or so of ordering, is this typical? Wrong color, specifically.
I haven't logged in, but it's showing the wrong color and giving me the "re-check" option. Should I ignore that and just log in, or is something really wrong?
I haven't logged in, but it's showing the wrong color and giving me the "re-check" option. Should I ignore that and just log in, or is something really wrong?
#165
I've tried researching this, but if you're car is showing up incorrectly for the first day or so of ordering, is this typical? Wrong color, specifically.
I haven't logged in, but it's showing the wrong color and giving me the "re-check" option. Should I ignore that and just log in, or is something really wrong?
I haven't logged in, but it's showing the wrong color and giving me the "re-check" option. Should I ignore that and just log in, or is something really wrong?
#166
Hmm. Thanks. I guess that makes sense, Would a pre-determined slot to be arrange for faster production? (filling in the car info once an order is placed?) Or he literally swapped orders. I called MINI just to check with it, they quoted it as an order without a production date.
Oh well, in due time I should know. So excited, and I cannot wait
Oh well, in due time I should know. So excited, and I cannot wait
#167
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#170
oh and here is another link for tracking any ship in the world. Still messing around with it so I don't know the limitations. And sorry if someone already posted it but I didn't see it. Anyway here you go
http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/dat...MMSI=265490000
http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/dat...MMSI=265490000
#171
I'm thinking ours might be. We're also sitting on the dock.
#172
#173
Yeah that site should work once it gets close enough to land.
I used this site, it's looks very similar, here's the direct link for the Toronto http://marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdet...MMSI=232664000
I used this site, it's looks very similar, here's the direct link for the Toronto http://marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdet...MMSI=232664000
#174
#175
Unfortunately, mine was handed over for transport today, but I suppose they didn't get it down there fast enough to make it. I guess they'll send it down over the next couple of days and then put it on the Doc Carlos which leaves 15th.