How did you figure out that you were on the Courage? Did your MA tell you? Does your VIN show up on the WW site? What does your OL and the automated ASK-MINI status say? I'm dying here! I keep seeing all these MINIs getting loaded that finished production after mine! My dealer is in Miami, so I'm thinking mine will be coming into Charleston and then trucked to Miami. My OL and ASK-MINI status is still "awaiting transport". This makes day 8 on the dock for me...

 

You may be on the k-line. Ours were. Thus, they never showed up on WW site. Check with your MA. Our status on the OL and ASKMINI didnt change until several days after they were already en-route, they are so outdated on the updates...

 

an update for the east coasters:

boheme leaves today, arrives nyc 2/16
integrity leaves tomorrow!? arrives nyc 2/18
elektra leaves 2/14, arrives nyc 2/23

it appears ww alters their schedule periodically. i'm in the paint shop, so looks like the elekra for me.

 

I am also in the paint shop, was in the body shop yesterday. ASKMINI says a completion date of today so i would guess I will join you on the Elektra!!

 

Production completed today! ASKMINI's autobot said "awaiting transport to carrier." That Bobby Darrin song is playing in my head...Somewhere, beyond the sea...

 

Uh oh... the W&W tracker says the vessel is the Boheme. The staus is "received at terminal". the Boheme has left Southampton and is making its way into the Channel. Is there a delay in the updates on the W&W site? Wouldn't it say on vessel if is was on board?

 

A rule of thumb, that I learned the hard way, is that your Mini will probably sit in Southampton for a week or so even if its tagged to a ship earlier. It's been somewhat of a letdown as mine was tagged to two previous ships before currently being tagged for a ship set to sail on Monday Feb 11. Mine showed up in Southampton on Feb 3rd and missed a sailing on the 4th and 7th. Good luck though!

 

So what happened with each miss? I would think at some point after the vessel leaves it stops saying it's booked on the departed vessel. The next NY bound vessel is the Integrity due in on 2/8... will it keep saying Boheme until the Integrity arrives. This is gonna be a long couple days....

 

It would say "Received at Terminal." Until your status changes from that all bets are off. In my case, I tracked it very closely for two ships, and it didn't change status--so with the newest update, I'm fairly certain its still in Southampton awaiting the third ship.

 

so yours said it was booked on the first ship, then another? Did it still say it was booked on a ship even after it left (can you tell I'm having trouble accepting that the Boheme has left without my Mini?)

 

After entering my VIN in the ID box, there are three lines in the box.
1. received at terminal
2. booked
3. loaded on vessel

i was received and booked on a prior ship and my car was never loaded. If you don't see that your car was loaded on vessel, than it's safe to assume that your car didn't make the trip.
also, you can take the booking number they give you and search by booking number. you can then scroll through to find your VIN and it will say there loaded on vessel or received or waitlisted.

 

My car should be at the terminal tomorrow. Anyone have any experience with how long the wait is for a ship to the west coast? Do they use WW exclusively for the west coast or could it end up on another carrier?

 

I believe there is one scheduled to leave Southampton on the 11th.

 

Playtowin -

If your car is scheduled for completion on the 7th, you can't assume it will be at the dock that day. In fact it has been taking 3 or 4 days to get to the dock after it is completed.

This guy seems to have a good understanding of the process: http://www.jwardell.com/mini/2006/10...-ordered-mini/

As many of us have discovered, even though it arrives at the Southampton dock and there is a ship scheduled to load and depart in the following few days, it is unlikely that your car will be on that ship. The consensus is that your car will be at the dock for about a week before it is actually loaded and shipped. It is "first-in/first-out" with the shipments.

Good luck!

 

I have seen some recent posts from people that went from factory to ship in 3 days. I realize that I would be very lucky to get on a ship leaving 2/11. Chances are that I will have to wait another week for the ship leaving 2/18.

 

This was true for me. Loaded on a ship today after 8 days on the dock.

 

ASKMINI reports that I'm in the paint shop.

 

Mine left the factory on 31 Jan. Loaded on 6 Feb.

 

Called last night and talked to a customer service person, said my car was completed and in transit to the docks. The autobot said was still in the paint shop. I asked how long approximatly does it take to get on a ship, and she said it takes about 5-7 days from the time it arrives on the dock for the car to get loaded on the ship. Must be customs or something. This process seems to mirror the BMW I ordered in 2006 almost exactly.

 

allrighty... now I anxiously watch the loading of the Integrity. My car appears to be one of the "older" ones on the booking list - having arrived at the dock late on the 6th... here's to hoping it gets on in the next 5 hours - the integrity is set to sail at 5pm eastern time

 

The West Coast is exclusively WW. The East Coast is WW and the K line. As I understand it there is one ship a week that sails for the West Coast and 2 ships for the East Coast. My Clubman is on the Isolde arriving Sunday the 10th at Port Hueneme. It departed Southampton Jan. 21st. The ship that left one day ahead (also for the West Coast) actually arrives one day later than Isolde as it had a stop in the Gulf.
Hope that helps. If you're interested check out the Isolde support group thread as two of our fellow travelers did a video of the Isolde going through the Panama Canal. We sat all day watching for the progress through the Gatun Lock, Centennial Bridge and then the Miraflores Lock. It takes all day for the ship to get through there. Fascinating.

 

Wahooo!

For the record - recieved at terminal 2/6 @23:20... loaded on Vessel (Integrity) 2/8 @16:19. Car was completed production on 2/5.

Integrity is due in NY on 2/18

 

Must be good luck but I just checked the WW site for the heck of it since my car was completed yesterday, and.......I AM ON THE INTEGRITY!!!! I think your car goes on the ship based on the booking date, mine was 1-4-08. I also think my dealer changed an already ordered car since my order was made on the 30th and processed on the 31st.
StatusPortTime(dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm) LOADED ON VESSELSOUTHAMPTON08/02/2008 19:14RECEIVED AT TERMINALSOUTHAMPTON08/02/2008 10:48BOOKEDSOUTHAMPTON04/01/2008 11:32

 

My car was finished 2/7 and askMINI (live person) says that it is heading to the port. I doubt it will make the TURANDOT leaving 2/11 but hopefully it will make the FALSTAFF leaving 2/18.

 

According to the live MINI man, our completed vehicle is "sitting on the dock of the bay." Sigh. Hopefully, some good news soon.