Hey everyone
I thought I would start a thread for those of us on the Themis Leader NYKline ship. I will put in all I know so far for our ship of minis. My little one is on the big ship with 249 of her brothers and sisters.

Here is the info on her port arrivals:
http://www.portarrivals.com/vsl.asp?item=371965000
Shows the ship picked up our minis on 9/5/11 and is due in Panama MillaFlores locks on 9/20/11. Does anyone know how to translate the time??? What does the date 9/20/11 0:100 UTC translate into for west coast times?

This link is the AIS data that has no updates since 9/11/11, but it has soem great pictures of the ship at the Bristol port, the one just before our minis boarded in Southampton UK.
http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/shi...mmsi=371965000

This site shows a time of arrival for Panama as 9/19/11 at 900000?? I'm confused on the Panama arrival time now :(
http://aprs.fi/info/i/371965000

 

Silly system would not let me post all the info in one post.

Here is the Port Hueneme port schedule, showing arrival on 9/29/11 of the Themis Leader
http://www.portofhueneme.org/documen...0908153505.pdf

Panama Canal Locks Webcams:
Gatun and Milleflores Locks
http://www.pancanal.com/eng/photo/camera-java.html

So anyone got a guess on when it will actually arrive in Panama?

 

Mine is on this ship as well, anyone going to capture any shots of it in the canal? I'm on vacation so limited access to Internet at the moment

 

I am going to try and get pictures for us, but I can't figure out WHEN it is going to be there, the UTC time translated to PDT puts it in an hour? or tomorrow? urgh......

 

UTC GMT and Zulu time is the same thing. It does not change from time zone to zone.

Heres some help http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy-a...w=1447&bih=771

 

OK I think I have it worked out on times, it looks like PST, the ship will reach the Gatun Locks, the first set of Panama Canal Locks, about 11pm. Watching other ships it appears to take 8 to 10 hours travel from Gatun to Millaflores Locks. Meaning sometime between 6am and 9am 9/20 PST the Themis Leader will be going through the MillaFlores Locks, which has the better webcamera. I or my husband will be watching to capture the pictures of it going into the Locks.

Yippee!!!! It is back on the map again, no the Bermuda Triangle did not eat our Minis!!!!

 

Here is a pic, we are on the map!!! Yep obsessed arent I :D

 

My husband got pictures early this morning of the ship coming in through the Gatun Locks. I am going to snap pictures of it at the Mira Flores Locks. Then it is into the Pacific and on the way to Port Hueneme. Closer and closer!!

 

Awesome thanks for the pictures!

 

Here are the pictures at the MiraFlores Locks, our ship is now on its way into the Pacific and should be at Port Hueneme in 9 days!!! ugh cant wait! lol

 

And here the ship is leaving the Locks today, it will go out of AIS tracking range soon and probably not show up again until closer to the US port.

 

If this loads, here is the photo albums of all the pictures we took at Gatun and MiraFlores Locks of the Themis Leader today 9/20/2011

Gatun pictures: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...32978c0&type=1

MiraFlores pictures: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...576c4f2&type=1

Enjoy!

 

@darkwillow: Sounds like delivery is getting close for you!!

My coupe just started the production process. I am wondering how you found the NYKLine shipping schedules? I have been challenged in finding this information. Thank you in advance.

 

Hi JBS, I went to the mini.com Owners Lounge, looked up my mini and copied the VIN from there. Then I went to the Wallenius Wilhelmsen site Track and Trace page. put the VIN in as the Cargo ID and it told me the name of the ship I was on

Here is the Track and Trace page
http://www.2wglobal.com/www/customer...LaunchPage.htm

Then I used the marine traffic AIS site to follow the ship from UK Southampton to the Panama Canal, and now on it's way to USA.
http://marinetraffic.com/ais/

Keep in mind with the KLines, once they leave the coastlines and hit open waters for Atlantic and Pacific, there is no AIS data, it just says out of range, until they pop up again.

Good luck

 

Hi DarkWillow

Thank you very much for this information!! Your mini is going to be great!

JB

 

Same with the "regular" WW boats, the Toscana was out of contact once it got away from the coasts.

 

Where The He** is MY Hampton, No posting of Ship in 5 Days ...I'm going CRAZY... P.S. Am I too old for this, I'm 64

 

Yippee!!! Boat is back on radar! as of about 20 minutes ago the Themis leader popped up on the AIS map just a bit below California, along the Mexican coastline.

 

Got a fix on THERMIS LEADER This AM .. It is off the cost of BAJA ..Says ..Dur in Port on the 30th??? I Thought the 29th

 

Looks like it is still scheduled for the 29th at the Port, dates are mutable though on diff sites, UTC time versus PST I think.

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

That is this weeks vessel schedule for Port Hueneme, 29th is still showing
I looked at the travel timing from panama to oxnrd for the last boat with Minis on board, the Toscana, and looks like a full 24 hours from when it showed up on the marine map in baja, to encenada area, and then another 18 hours to oxnard. We are CLOSER!!!!! wooo hooo!

 

That sounds GREAT, I'm 64 yrs old, I hope My Clubman get here before I Pass ......LOL I want to feel like 25 again .. I Hope all you wonderful people have as much fun with your MINI's as I expect to.....

 

Looks like our ship is stopping in at Long Beach first, should be docking there soon, and then only 6 hours to reach Port Hueneme!

omg three weeks of waiting and I can't believe she is arriving on US shore tomorrow! Then two more weeks of waiting til I get to have her augh........

 

I was confused about the Long Beach Stop, It's not on any sch. I hope it gets to Hueneme Tomorrow, My dealer is Crevier in Santa Ana only about 100 Mi. from VDC pant...pant...pant...I Think if I ever buy another new car it will be off the lot ...This wait is the PITS.....

 

Yeahhhhhh!!!!!!!! Themis is now enroute to the last stop for our babys
Scheduled to arrive 6am PST tomorrow, wheee so happy they all made the long journey
I dunno Mike154 its been kinda fun tracking and watching it make the trip.

 

Yeah, After looking back, I Guess your right, it was kind of fun, BUT i drove some of my NON MINI Fans Crazy