CENTRAL coaster:
-doogs

EAST coasters // WW SHIP INTEGRITY // DEPARTING 04/19/08 // ETA 04/28/08:
-filet0fish
-MBX5
-subdude

WEST coasters:
-SeattleMini
-sfomini
-SteveJ
-steaming79

people from 'unknown' locations:
-bd_stance
-danhen
-danmz (?)
-JLL319
-kevnallen

people not sure yet if they are Week 16:
-fenwayscout (EAST)

 

Thank you!

 

You can be an honorary week 16er.

 

in the paint shop now, according to the automated voice.

 

Steamin'

JLL319 here, my port of entry is Charleston SC -- I live about 25 miles from there.... I have looked on the MINI USA Owners Lounge site and it still shows my mini awaiting transport as of a.m. 4/19.

Do you need any other info from me to get a better idea as to where my Fireball is?

regards,

Jeff (JLL319)

 

Mine is at port awaiting ship, according to askmini automated. No listing as yet under WW website.

 

sfomini, steaming79, you guys are awesome!

My MINI is waiting at the port too now, as of yesterday.

 

FYI, the INTEGRITY is set to sail today at 19:00 - which is 30 minutes from now. You lucky east coasters!

http://www.southamptonvts.co.uk/shipping_movments.asp

 

great job sfomini & steaming79!

bd_stance here from OC, CA (westcoast baby...) as of today my MINI is awaiting at the port of exit. yay! goodluck to all!

 

jeff, since you're on the east coast. you're on the WW. that means you can go to the WW site to check your car by the VIN number. the OL site will ALWAYS be a few days behind any realtime info. so call up customer relations (or if they are closed, use the automated vehicle production status option...but know its a day or 2 behind realtime). my bet is that its on the INTEGRITY, as sfomini stated. heck...you might even get as MotD begins.


CENTRAL coaster:
-doogs

EAST coasters // WW SHIP INTEGRITY // DEPARTING 04/19/08 // ETA 04/28/08:
-danhen
-filet0fish
-JLL319
-MBX5
-subdude

WEST coasters:
-bd_stance
-SeattleMini
-sfomini
-SteveJ
-steaming79

people from 'unknown' locations:
-danmz (?)
-kevnallen

people not sure yet if they are Week 16:
-fenwayscout (EAST & Honorary 16'er)

 

Well my clubman got loaded onto the Integrity at 15:02 today.

I found a couple interesting links:

Another tracking page:
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ship...y-8919934.html

Pictures of the Integrity:
http://www.scheepvaartwest.be/pagina813.html
http://www.ship-hunters.be/Images/Ca.../Integrity.htm
Also found that the Integrity holds 5900 cars and has a top speed of 20.5 kn.

A nice picture of the loading ramps at Southhampton: (My new desktop wallpaper)
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/2326840

And here are some BMW guys in the same boat as us (pun intended):
http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=135026
http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=134764

 

Steamin' -- thanks for the reply, just checked the mini usa and WW websites, and my VIN did not hit -- looks like I missed the boat here -- no face for "sux"... Maybe the next one.... Thanks for the reply... Jeff

 

Steaming79, nice job of organizing everyone into lists and keeping track of everyone. That's really organized.

 

no problem, people. thanks to everyone for giving info...it makes it easier to compile & organize things so that us anxious & curious kids can just glance at the stats on the list. which is think is better than digging through everything or asking the same question again. so from filet0fish's links, i'm seeing that the EAST coasters' INTEGRITY ship's callsign is: WDC6925. seems the tracking info is out of date for that specific callsign. so if anyone wants to confirm the callsign for me, that would be great (considering i'm not able to check since my VIN is not about that ship). anyways, i'm glad my posting of the list has been helpful (and not yet become redundant). speaking of which..................

CENTRAL coaster:
-doogs

EAST coasters // WW SHIP INTEGRITY // DEPARTED 04/19/08 // ETA 04/28/08:
-danhen
-filet0fish
-MBX5
-subdude

WEST coasters:
-bd_stance
-SeattleMini
-sfomini
-SteveJ
-steaming79

people still awaiting to placed onto a ship:
-JLL319 (EAST)
-fenwayscout (EAST & Honorary 16'er)

people from 'unknown' locations:
-danmz (?)
-kevnallen

 

This is the info for integrity from WW with my VIN:
Booking Number : GBSOU630301
Bill Number :
Vessel: NTEGRITY
Port of origin : SOUTHAMPTON
Voyage : EB816-ITG
Port of Destination : NEW YORK, NY
Priority :
Customer Ref. Nbr:

From a BMW site I think the call sign is WDC6925

 

This was the image posted yesterday on the BMW site. It may even make it a day sooner!

 

hey guys, i just found this thread. I am also on the integrity. Cant wait for my car to get home!

 

Do you have a url to get to this image? (not that I'm on the INTEGRITY, but it's fun to see others' progress, and others may care to see it too.)

 

I've been looking at the Port of Hueneme vessel schedule trying to guess which ships might be carrying MINIs. Under each ship is something like this: "delmonte/gen/pt. america". a few of the ships have "bmw/inch/ceres" - I wonder if this means they are carrying bmw (and thus MINI)? I'm guessing that the ones that begin with "delmonte" or "chiquita" are carrying produce, not cars (but possibly they mix cargo types?) Does anyone know anything more substantial about these indicators?

Based on the calendar, these are the ships that are, to me, candidates for carrying MINIs:
May 5: ISOLDE (wwl/pac)
May 8: GRUS (bmw/inch/ceres)
May 15: JUPITER DIAMOND (bmw/inch/ceres)
(there are also a couple in the April 20 week but that just seems way too early).
I was getting my hopes up that maybe there was a slight chance I was on the ISOLDE but it appears to be a WW ship and I still do not show up on the WW website, so that makes me think there is no chance.

So then the next obvious choice is the GRUS. But where is it? It is not on the Southhampton calendar and I can't even find it listed in any ship registries. I wonder if it is a misspelling?

Any ideas about this, anyone?

I sent my MA an email today (she has not returned my call from last week). Maybe I'm just going to have to wait it out. I'm too impatient.

 

This was the site they used for the maps
http://www.ais-live.co.uk/AIS%20Live/aissolent.html
I don't see our boat now but I think it's because it is too far off land now? This is the BMW site
http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthr...=134764&page=2

 

Ugh. The Clubbie's still in the paint shop according to the automated options, and I couldn't wait on hold long enough to talk to an actual person. It was supposed to be done yesterday! Fingers crossed I'll find out something soon.

 

I'm from the Dallas area. I suppose my Mini will arrive from the Gulf.

 

Nope. It'll arrive in Charleston, go through the VDC there, then be trucked to DFW.

Least that's how it went with my R53 back in 2006, and I took delivery of it in San Antonio.

 

Yippee! Found out my Clubbie's finished production and is on its way to Southampton!

Judging by the way the dates line up, it looks like I'll either be on the WW Independence II (departing SH 4/26, arriving Charleston 5/11) or the K-Line Emden (dep. SH 4/29, arr. Charleston 5/9). Which would be crazy - the Emden was the same ship my R53 took across the pond back in 2006!

 

[FONT=MINITypeRegular]Just got this message from my MA: "Looks like it was completed earlier today, it is currently showing “Produced Not Shipped” in our system and shows completion date of 4/21"[/FONT]
[FONT=MINITypeRegular][/FONT]
[FONT=MINITypeRegular]I guess my Clubman will be on the next ship to NY. [/FONT]