Try this: http://www.portofhueneme.org/documen...l_schedule.pdf

This is the schedule (but only four weeks out) for Port Hueneme. The car port is number four (with two slots for ships.) Any ship listed as BMW could be carrying minis. Your car might be on a carrier that is not WW. BMW has been contracting with other carriers to fill in some of the holes in WW's schedule. Your MA will have a harder time tracking as it is not part of the normal system. (My car was listed as awaiting transport until it checked in at the VDC. And, had been at sea for over a week before my MA got an arrival at port date, but no ship name.)

 

Well then....the ships listed with BMW's are:

TIANJIN HWY arriving 28 Nov

VOLANS LEADER arriving 29 Nov

DELPHINUS LEADER arriving 6 Dec

So maybe there is hope on gettig the car before the MotorTober coupon expires on 3 Jan.

 

Thanks for the info. I was hoping to obsessively track the progress of the ship, but I guess that's not going to happen.

 

Ships basically don't track once clear of the English Channel until near the Panama Canal (just under 2 weeks.) I eventually got a date that the ship was due to port, and some help on here to figure out which ship. About 10 or so days before due in port, they check in at the Panama Canal. Then, you can not only track it, but see it on webcams. About the only cool thing about the extended wait for west coast cars.

 

My car is on A boat, not sure what one. But It'll be in the port on 12-13!

 

You're probably on the WW line's Mignon. Supposed to get to Port Hueneme on the 12th.

 

It still doesn't show up on the WW site. Ours may be on the same boat.

 

Mine was born in the same day too! How did you find out it's already on a boat? Ask-MINI still says mine is waiting for a shipping vessel. I live in NYC. Not sure if it's the same ship.

 

New status: En Route! So it's apparently on a boat somewhere. Yay!

 

Where's your baby heading to? Mine's still "waiting for a shipping vessel". When was yours born?

 

Headed to Mini of Concord via Port Hueneme. Born 11/8, same as yours!

 

That's exciting! I'm glad that you will soon see your baby. I hope mine's floating somewhere too.

 

You're probably on the Torrens with me. It should come into range to track on marinetraffic.com over the weekend sometime.

 

Is anyone else on the Figaro? It is currently pulling into Southampton and passing the Queen Mary 2 on its way in. This is also its maiden voyage! It is a brand new ship.

http://www.blg.de/en/nc/blg-logistic...ash=98d8077d6b

 

Me too. Go Figaro. Keep us posted on the voyage! Be thankful that we have made a vessel.

 

AGREED!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

 

Hi Everyone, My countryman was born on 11/10. Ask mini says it's waiting at the port for a ship. I saw that the Mignon left Bremerhaven on 11/19. My countryman arrived at the port a few days before that. When I look at the WW website, it's not listed...but when I pull up a long list of VIN Numbers on their site, there are no minis listed as being loaded on the Mignon. Are there any of you out there in the same situation? Mine is headed to California (Port Huneme) and I was hoping to get it before Christmas.

 

I can tell you my Countryman was "born" the same day as yours and has been awaiting a ship to the East Coast since at least 11/16.

So far it seems to have "missed the boat" on 11/18, 11/19 and 11/23

 

Does your VIN show up in the track & trace? So far mine does not show up at all.

 

Yes, mine shows up on the WW tracking website and it has since the night it was loaded. The MINI OL also updated to "enroute" when it was loaded. So, maybe you're not on the Torrens. There seems to be no rhyme or reason to when cars get loaded. Mine arrived at the port at Southampton ( it's an MCS) on 11/10, the day the Torrens was supposed to leave. The ship was apparently running behind schedule and didn't leave port until 11/11 which was lucky for me because my car got on, so it was only at the port about 12 hours. I know that you and others have waited weeks at the dock to get on a ship. I don't know anything about CM's and their shipping schedules because I have only been looking at Southampton, but my understanding is that the CM's are loaded on the ship which then goes to Southampton to pick up MINI's. It seems to be a complete mystery why some cars get on in less than a day and others take weeks. The Torrens is scheduled to arrive at Port Hueneme a week from today. I hope you get some clarification soon. I can imagine how frustrating this is for you (and others). I know I would be going crazy.

 

Figaro is on the move!

 

Go Figaro. Smooth sailing on your maiden voyage. Thanks for the update.

 

Whoop! Whoop! Whoop! Just picked mine up! Happy Dance!

I'll take some pics tomorrow. Got to run. Just stopped by home to feed the dogs.

 

mine was born 2 days before yours, so far it still says "waiting for vessel" on OL. I live in the east coast too, I hope ours had been loaded on a boat on Wednesday.

 

Yay! mine was loaded on Wed!! I just checked, and the VIN showed up on WWs website. I think yours is on the same boat too! check WW's site, perhaps we will be picking up the car on the say day too! haha, Yay! I'm so exciting!