darex:

Tug boat in position and destination now changed to US NYC.....BUT arrival ETA is now 9/15 @ 4:00!!!

 

Tug boat in position.....ETA for NYC now 9/15! Step on it!!!

 

darex:

Finally!!! Tortugas underway at 1.8 knots!

 

I guess they need to throw a few more Canadian logs on the fire and get those big steam boilers going. Paddle wheels at FULL SPEED!

 

A vessel named "Tortugas"(turtles of Tortuga)......what would one expect

Keep us posted on updates! Hope your loaded tomorrow

 

4am arrival! I could meet and greet it. 😉

 

I received my production number today.

 

Great. Hopefully you will get a VIN soon

 

Congrats!

 

Well hurry up and get over there!

 

Well I just watched the Salome leave the Zeebrugge port without loading ANY MINI vehicles. I can tell that by using the Quick Search page on the WW web site. Searching for Cargo ID WMZY% should show any MINI activity over the past few months. The latest events it shows are the "DISCARGED" status of a bunch of Countryman in Halifax, NS. They appear to have arrived by the Tortugas, as IslandBlueMini is well aware of.

So that leaves me with one more ship on the 17th (the "Morning Courier", sounds like a newspaper, whatever that is.) It is the last ship to arrive in Baltimore before the end of September (28th). I just had an internal mental picture of a kids folded paper boat bobbing up and down in the North Atlantic with cars sliding through the seams. That doesn't inspire confidence.

I'm at a complete loss about how WW picks vehicles to load. My JCW has been at Zeebrugge since Monday (9/11) and its VIN still doesn't show up on the WW web site. Looking at the port via the Google Maps satellite display shows thousands of cars in the lots. I'm sure some coming and some are going. Quite a lot to catalog and control.

Okay, so the 17th is it. No ifs-ands-or-buts.

 

Google Maps isn't a live photo.

 

Of course.

 

I'm sure that Irma's impact caused a big shuffle on the WW schedule. Hope that the Morning Courier is your ride this time!!!

The Tortugas is still behind arrival time for NY port this morning. Lots of cargo vessel activity there this morning. Just want it on dry land ASAP! I keep checking WW "notifications" for port delay updates. Last one was posted 9/12.

Keep us posted!

 

The Tortugas now docked:-)

 

What does this mean?

That the ship was admitted to the port, or that our MINIs were dropped off? The time stamp is for yesterday (?).

 

Just checked that a few minutes ago. Mine shows same time/date scan. Not unloaded yet because "quantity" shows zero. Watched it dock at 7:08 on MarineTracking. Needs to show "delivered" now at NYC port.

Just want it home safe and sound before Jose decides to create chaos and havoc next week!

 

I understand your worry. My MINI sat at the port in Zeebrugge for nearly 2 weeks before it set sail. Just bad timing with production and ship schedule I suppose.

Does the OL or ASKMINI show your status as "In Transit"? If so, it may be loaded onto the K-Line ship that left on Monday, although arriving to the dock and being loaded on the same day seems unlikely.

One thing to note about the WW tracking by VIN: There wont be any information on record until it is actually loaded on the ship. Once that happens, you'll see the entire history of it being scan in at the port X days previously.

 

Finally! I checked this morning and my JCW is scheduled to ship on the Morning Courier on the 17th. Looking up the booking number (DEBRB1581165) I see there are 149 other vehicles being loaded too. September 28th arrival in Baltimore

It's interesting. My JCW has been at the port since Monday 9/11, but up until now there has been no record of it on the WW site. Now that it has been booked, it shows up with status "Received at terminal" and the history shows it as received and booked on 9/11. So it appears WW had "logged" the car in so why the delay on listing it? I guess we'll never know.

 

Hooray!!! LOL! Our update shows custom and liner release 9/14 in NY/NJ.....but they were still in Halifax at the time/date stamp

I don't care as long as we get our CM's home safe and sound with no more hurricanes looming in the Atlantic! Safe voyage kwolfman

 

Congrats Kwolfman!!

 

Soooo close your wait is almost over Almost time to start paying for it

 

On that note, what are you guys planning to say/do when they attempt to guilt us into extras (special tire warranty, wheel warranty, extended coverages, etc.)? You know, the stuff they make us endure before they let us leave with the car.

I'm planning to decline all, especially now that I have non-runflat all-season tires.

 

I plan to skip ALL extra coverages. It really depends on how much you will be driving. In my case, I drive under 6K miles/yr. That means I only do 1 maintenance appointment per year. That usually includes just an oil change and a lookover. This is all free for the first 3 years. After that, $100/yr max?

Extended warranty? No. The std warranty is 4 years. I figure if the car is a lemon it will show up during those 4 years. If it is one, then time to dump it. If not, the money I saved by not buying the extended warranty can go into a pool of money to handle future issues, which may never occur. Why pay up front for something that may never occur?

So just title, tax and tags are the only things I'll be adding to the car. By the way, how were you able to order non-run flats? I tried to do that but the dealer said they couldn't. I hate run-flats.

 

It was an ordering option. If you nix the picnic bench, you can have all-seasons plus a spare, as a no-cost option, and I opted for it. Run-flats are completely illogical/pointless. Maybe it's not an ordering option for JCWs, like yours?