STATUS FOR SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Banannastand, NY, discharged from vessel 9/11, en route to dealer

Blouise, NY, took delivery of vehicle 9/16

DashHouston, TX, aboard Faust, ETA Brunswick GA 9/21

JcM1n1, SoCal, aboard Porgy, ETA CA 9/18

ZugginAround, VA, discharged from vessel 9/11, en route to dealer, "Going crazy waiting for delivery!"

Maui Meg, NJ, discharged from vessel 9/11, en route to dealer

N666BK, NJ, took delivery of vehicle 9/12, photos in link
https://www.northamericanmotoring.com...ml#post2871719

Neverfifty, VA, took delivery of vehicle 9/12, photos in gallery
https://www.northamericanmotoring.com...0&ppuser=22877

Norcaltinkerbell, NorCal, aboard Porgy, ETA CA 9/18

MiniCrazy09, Fife WA, aboard Porgy, ETA CA 9/18

RayRatt, Fife WA, "Twiggy" aboard Porgy, ETA CA 9/18

Rederik, MD, took delivery of vehicle 9/12

UAL_Kingpin's friend, SoCal, aboard Porgy, ETA CA 9/18

Y2K Falcon, TX, aboard Faust, ETA Brunswick GA 9/21


SHIP TRACKING INFORMATION

Ship name - - - Callsign - - -Destination - - - - -ETA - -Who is aboard
Faust - - - - - - SLKQ - - - - -Brunswick, GA - - - -9/21 - - DashHouston, Y2K Falcon
Porgy - - - - - 3EZS8 - - - - Port Hueneme, CA - - 9/18 - - JcM1n1, Norcaltinkerbell, MiniCrazy09, RayRatt, UAL_Kingpin's friend

There are two parallel threads that we cross-post on:
MINIs in General > 1st Gear > Week 34 (8/17-8/23/2009)
MINIs in General > General MINI Talk > Production Time

Use this site to track ship by NAME
http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/dat...HIP&level1=220

Use this site to track ship by CALLSIGN (works better for open ocean tracking)
http://www.sailwx.info/shiptrack/index.html

Port of New York/New Jersey ship arrival schedule
http://www.firstnynj.com/

 

UAL...can you change my status to 'going crazy waiting for delivery'.

 

Blouise

Congrats on your new car. I am so happy for you. Please pictures when you are ready.


I can feel the excitement in the air as many people will be picking up their car this weekend.

 

done

 

So I keep checking the Owner's Lounge and for the first time in a long time his 'review order'. It says my delivery date is today, the 17th. However, I still want the HC interior items installed prior to pickup (along with mudflaps).

Suddenly hopeful for this weekend!?

 

getting those photos on here should be your first priority! How dare you put yourself ahead of your fellow, and future fellow, motorers

I bet this was your best morning commute ever and will be your best afternoon commute ever

Standing by for pics...

 

Hopefully this weekend!!

Mine says pick-up date is today, yet has its status as still at the distribution center, when I know that my MINI is chilling at the dealers right now...

If you really want to know when, call the dealer! I emailed my MA several times and he was very willing to answer my questions. EDIT: Nevermind, I read back and saw that you are waiting on the parts to come in... sorry!

Crossing my fingers for this weekend!

 

YAY!!

The Porgy is nearing US waters.

http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/dat...app=&B1=Search

 

Oh boy! Here comes the fun!

However, I find watching it this far out to be such torture as you wonder why it isn't going faster.

 

Looks like she only has 220 miles to go - and since she can't dock until 6 am tomorrow morning, I guess she has to slow down. But, at least we can see the end is near!

If my math is right, at 17.7 knots the Porgy covers 20 miles in an hour - so, she has 11 hours to go at her current speed to reach Port Heuneme. Maybe she will arrive early and they can start unloading first thing Friday morning - and thus get all the Priority One cars processed through the VDC before the weekend.

Someone call the transporter company and tell them to get ready to load up their trucks - we are waiting!

 

The ETA is 2100

Voyage Related Info (Last Received):

Draught: 8.9 m
Destination: PORT HUENEME
ETA: 2009-09-17 21:00
Info Received: 2009-09-17 15:42 (0d, 1h 11min 41s ago)

I guess they will dock but won't be able to offload cars until Friday morning.

 

Good News!

If they can dock at 9 pm tonight and get the ramps ready and all the hold-down straps removed overnight, they should be able to unload and start processing cars through the VDC early tomorrow morning. And, especially if the VDC operates on Saturday, we might be lucky and have our cars loaded on the transport trucks this weekend.

 

I hope they keep those Minis chained down until the moment of discharge for liability purposes. We wouldn't want another ship to hit the Porgy by accident and send Minis flying everywhere.

 

Aargh....just took a look at Google maps and found that it's ONLY 30.5 miles from dealer to home. That's just not right! Gotta find a new way home. A long way home.

 

Not quite sure that's a concern for Blouise ( ). Not now.

 

Please, oh please, watch what you write in these forums....MY husband might be reading and get funny ideas.

 

So close, yet so far...............................

 

UAL Kingpin, Rayratt and Y2K - Hypothetically speaking, of course, if one were to track a ship.....oh, say a cargo ship....that left Halifax and is traveling to New York/New Jersey harbors, but is out in international waters...what's the best way to do that?

 

As in the FAUST?
http://www.sailwx.info/shiptrack/shi...html?call=SLKQ

However, the ELEKTRA didn't trasmit to that site until she was very close to Long Island.

When she's close you switch over to
http://www.marinetraffic.com. Click on 'Vessels' tab and search by name. If she's in range she'll show up in the search results. You can then view her on the map.

FAUST is on the NY/NJ Schedule. Set to arrive at 7:00 tomorrow. She's following the ELEKTRA's route, as in her first stop is to discharge the MINIs and BMWs.
http://www.firstnynj.com/ (click on Vessel Activity, then search).

 

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We are looking at it as still being a week away. My friend won't pick up the car until next Saturday, 9/26. Also the dealer still needs to install some stuff on the car once they receive it.

 

Again, hypothetically speaking......

Yeah, darned ship.wx.com still shows her in the middle of the Atlantic. Although I watched her come into and leave Halifax over 26.235 hours ago (approximately). I took so many screen shots of the departure from Halifax that if you put all the pictures together it would be like one of those books we had as kids where when you flipped the pages you could see minute by minute progress and movement.

 

I'm just a' thinking. Next MINI will be ordered from a dealership in Halifax. Then a one-way plane ticket and an AMAZING drive home!

 

When you saw the Faust entering and leaving Halifax, was the ship close to the camera or far away? Also, which camera view did you use?

 

Entering Halifax, ships are first seen on the Chebucto webcam, where they are moderately close. Ships then pass the Harbour South webcam where they are further away. You can make out the ship, and lines, but cannot read names on the ship.