I've been watching it here:

http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/


If you select the ship, you can display its track. He just did another 180, and is now heading south again. Either he's killing time doing loops (so he can meet up with another ship to hop the pond in tandem with), or... he's drunk?

 

Way cool site, looks like it updates quite often. A real puzzler as to whatever they are doing. I've been using 'sailwx.info' and it hasn't updated Turnadot in quite awhile. But maybe this is the reason....

 

Yeah, this one is much better than sailwx.info.

I think it uses the ships GPS. If you look at the Turandot now, you'll see its accelerated, and pretty aggressively at that, in a south-westerly direction.

Finally... the right direction, and everything!

 

Haha!! I may have given him credit too soon, he just turned north-east again! And moving fast!

 

It really isn't making any sense. At first I thought he might have had some sort of mechanical issues but he hasn't really headed back towards port either time that he has turned. He's wasted several hours already.....hours sooner that we could be getting our cars ......

 

What on EARTH is he doing!

On the one hand, seriously, get underway with those cars, but on the other, what a nice loop he's drawing!

You know, I think he's pretending he's driving the MINIs that are on board.

 

I don't know if it means anything but the Arctic Galaxy, a tanker, appears to be in the same position as Turandot.....probably just conincidence....

 

That Capt. needs to take a breathalyzer.

 

Well....guess that didn't have anything to do with it....I think clockworktomato has it...no one is in the wheelhouse, they're doing autocross on the deck....

 

I'm not sure what started the 'looping', but it looks like it ended when the Turandot went to the aide of the Norstone, which was suffering from "restricted maneuverability".

 

Looks like it is finally on its way. But I don't think our car is on it. I see other cars as being loaded and ours still shows at the terminal....

 

MINI says my car is on the train. Maybe so.
Manon has been pushed back till Wednesday the 13th and arrival in Brunswick, GA now is on the 26.

 

Glad to hear it Johnny, I hope it's accurate info!

If it's true you'll see your car before those of us on the west coast (aboard the Turandot) see ours!

 

Way to go Johnny....hope that info holds up for you!!!!

Looks like about 9 cars did not get loaded on Turandot. 4 that had made it to the terminal the day before and 5 that had arrived that morning. Unfortunately ours was one of the 5. I'll wait to Monday morning to see if there are any last minute updates. If that is the case it looks like the next auto carrier is the Tarifa which doesn't depart until Oct 23rd with an estimated arrival at Port Hueneme on Nov 13th. Still in time for Thanksgiving.

 

ASK MINI said my car said it was released to the carrier. It was completed on the 8th Thursday. How do you find out if your car made it to the boat?

 

EUROKOKE

Try the following - http://att.2wglobal.com/gstattweb/oc...ckSearchResult

Input your VIN in the far right box, I believe it is 'cargo ID'. Then click on track.

 

Sometimes the link above "times out"

Try https://att.2wglobal.com/gstattweb/

 

Yeah...I use Safari and I need to click on this one and close the window and then click on the other one to get in.

The last 5 digits for the other 8 that are currently still showing 'received at terminal' are: 41777, 41775, 89092, 89097, 41770, 41763, 89082, and 89119.

 

Eurokoke - haven't heard from you so don't know if you were able to find out anything. Just to let you know, mine was completed on the 7th and did not make it to the terminal until the morning of the 9th. One of the things I am looking at is that the last car showing being loaded was at approximately 4:30. Friday night, 4:30, computers went off. Maybe tomorrow morning will reveal more and, hopefully, better information than what we have now. If you are not finding out any info on the site we have given you it might just be that either your car has not shown up at the terminal yet or, as I am hoping, the site is just not up to date.

 

Kalililly,

I put my vin into the cargo info and it stated that there were no records found. I too hope the site is not up to date.

ASK MINI says that it has been relaesed to the carrier oer the automated line. I am not sure that means that it left the factory or if it is booked on a ship. My car was completed on the 8th per a rep at ASK MINI. I see that there is a ship leaving on the 19th (Targus), something like that.

I am hoping for good karma.

 

Does anyone know when the next ship is leaving and he name of it? Mine will have to go to Port H in Cali.

 

Eurokoke - Being released to the carrier means it has been shipped to the terminal, I believe via a train from Oxford. Due to the date yours was finished it might have made it Friday but would have probably been very close to not being on time to make the Turandot. As I said before, I'm hoping that they shut down Friday night and we will have more updated information tomorrow morning. There seem to be two shippers for cars to the states but I have only been able to find WW going to Port Hueneme. From what I can see of their schedule, the next auto carrier is the Tarifa which leaves Southhampton on the 23rd. KLine is the other carrier and I find their schedule difficult to read but do not see Port Hueneme anywhere on their schedule. I could very easily be wrong.

 

That's what I saw. It is only a two day diff. from the earlier ship that arrives in Port H. on the 11th. I gues two days isnt bad. Then I have to wait for it to get trucked to Las Vegas. another week or so.

 

Ka,

As i read your earlier post I saw the last 5 numbers and hoped to see mine,41774. Oh well I will have to wait till the morning....

 

Eurokoke - Will keep my fingers crossed for both of us!!!!!