I hope I'm not duplicating efforts, but I couldn't find a thread for the Western Highway, leaving Southampton October 3, 2008 and arriving in Charleston on October 16. I just found out this morning that my Clubman is aboard!

 

I was able to locate the Western Highway using this Website: http://www.sailwx.info. Go to Ship tracker, find a specific ship by name or call sign, and enter the call sign 3EJK5.

 

Watch the Western Highway make its way across the Atlantic:

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?clien...300781&t=h&z=3

 

How were you able to find out your MINI was aboard? I'm *guessing* mine may be, too, as she was at the port on Sept 26 but did not seem to be on any of the WW ships. Was your MA able to tell you that yours was on board? Mine doesn't seem to have any useful info......

Anyway, congrats, and I hope Little Blu is on board keeping your PW/B company!

 

Google map is great, BTW!

 

I got the news from my MA - she hasn't offered any info about my MINI on her own, but I bugged her a couple times about this. I had to ask specifically, "What ship is it on?".

 

Hmmm...looks like another annoying phone call to MA is called for. Our dealership is BRAND NEW, so I don't think they know much about the tracking process, nor are they used to compulsive future MINI owners yet! But I'll try again...

 

Good luck! This waiting is so hard...

 

Ahhhhhhh...it feels SO good to be on a boat and off that stinkin' dock! Congrats to all and best wishes for smooth sailing!

 

I got word on Sunday that my ride is on this boat too, woohoo! I was so disconcerted when I didn't show up on the WW site after 9/30 came and went :(

oh and I can finally post on the boards now, yay! lol

 

Still no official confirmation that my MINI is on this boat, BUT my MA did confirm that she's en route and scheduled to reach the VDC on Oct 16. That is enough for me to be convinced that Little Blu is indeed stowed away somewhere on Western Highway! I'm going to follow kjrhammer's great Google progress map with great interest and hope for the best!

 

Me too, me too! All I got from my MA, Wurking girl, is that Duncan is due to dock in Charleston on the 16th. It's so cool to watch the maps!

 

We are on the ship also.

 

Finally! The gang's all here! Wish I could be a fly on that ship. Good luck everyone. Smooth sailing right to our hot little hands.

 

Brooks, looks like you need a badge so we can find out what kind of MINI you're getting... Seems to be dominated by Clubmans (Clubmen??) so far - Pepper White Clubmans in particular!

 

Love the Google Map, and thanks for the sailwx.info link too!

 

My MINI is a Pure Silver Cooper.

 

Here are some high-res pics of the "Western Highway":
http://www.scheepvaartwest.be/pagina677.html

This is some more information. It's a pretty new ship:
http://www.ships-info.info/mer-western-highway.htm

 

Thanks for the info! I never thought I'd find pictures of a cargo ship to be so interesting...

 

And now - for the "stupid question of the day" contest...what does UTC mean on the tracking website for the time? Like last report 11:40 UTC.

 

Hmm...good question!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time

 

From Wikipedia:

Coordinated Universal Time is abbreviated UTC. The International Telecommunication Union wanted Coordinated Universal Time to have a single abbreviation for all languages. English speakers and French speakers each wanted the initials of their respective language's terms to be used internationally: "CUT" for "coordinated universal time" and "TUC" for "temps universel coordonné". This resulted in the final compromise of using "UTC".[3]


Basically, same as GMT -- good question!

 

Thanks Cadbury. Gotta love Wiki, there's a little bit of everything there.

 

I'm addicted to Katie's Google-map. Looks like our babies should be able to look through the parascope and see their new homeland. Ahoy mates. Good luck to everyone as we try to remain patient while anticpating the arrival of our many MINIs.

 

We are hoping for deliver by 10/24. We have a road trip on 10/26 and would like to take Mini Rose.