Status update: Released to a carrier!

 

 

The Liberty is stil a bit out of port. If they hurry, My car could make it on!

 

Same status - released to carrier today. Maybe our babies are travelling together.

 

Awesome!

heres a little view of Southampton for everyone to obsess over:

 

Good Luck Guys, my Mini was released to the carrier on Wednesday 1/25 and I didn't make the Liberty . I have been consigned to the Boheme which arrives in Shouthampton on 2/1. Sounds like the Liberty has previously been booked.

 

Yeah i figured as much... but hey, I was holding out hope. Either way is fine!

 

A quick call to ASK-MINI shows my BRG/B MCSa "At the port, awaiting a shipping vessel." The next boat to California is scheduled to leave on the 31st! HOHOHOHOHOHOHO

 

This is my second day in the paint shop and MINI tells me completion by Monday, Jan. 30. Think I'll make it onto the Boheme for a cruise to NJ????

 

probably not... just like i was released to carrier todayish and I will miss the liberty which is sailing today.

 

I was just informed that I finished assembly and quality check today. Told me I would be put on a ship which will sail as soon as all of it's spaces are filled. I think I'm gonna get a slot on the Boheme!

 

sweet! good of you!!

 

I still can't get any tracking info on WW's site. Does that mean that my car
hasn't been assigned to a boat? The next one out is the Boheme.

 

Me, too. A nice ending to a crappy week.

So mine is sitting on the platform in Oxford, waiting for some form of transport to Southampton, then. Funny, I was just in the paint shop 2 days ago with a target of Sunday, and now I'm two days ahead of schedule.

DON CARLOS is scheduled to leave on the 31st, stil. Next comes the DON PASQUALE which makes a couple of extra stops along the way to Port H. I notice that each ship starts in Sweden, then Germany, Belguim, then Southampton. I wonder if my car will meet some nice Volvos and 3-series on the way.

Another interesting point: these ships are only in Southampton a day before settiung sail. I guess they just top off with a few MINIs; they're wafer thin.

--dwf

 

Officially booked on the Boheme.......should be starting the voyage over the pond on 2/1.

 

My MINI just visited Halifax, Nova Scotia yesterday on her cruise to New York. I heard that she did not take advantage of "shore privileges" but stayed in her stateroom....

I searched desperately for a webcam of Halifax harbor to see Elektra coming and going - but the excellent one I found did not include coverage of the "auto port" there... Oh well....

One more week....

Bill

 

ASK MINI says that I've been released to the carrier and awaiting transport.. but the WW site doesn't have any info for my VIN.

 

Next you will hear that your car is waiting at port and waiting for a boat. Thats where I am at

 

Me too. Made it down to Southampton today, watching the horizon for the DON CARLOS.

--dwf

 

Well, I was told by ASK-MINI (live person) and my MA that I was scheduled for Production Week 4 (week of 1/22/06) ... so I posted in this thread a while ago.

Even though my MINI entered production (according to my MA) on 1/20 at 5:55 AM, the scheduled completion date I am now getting from both my MA and ASK-MINI (automated) is 1/31. Today, the automated system at ASK-MINI says that I am in the paint shop.

So that means that I should move to the Production Week 5 thread, correct? Isn't the thread based on scheduled completion date, and not Production Week schedule? * confused *

Also, could someone post the website for determining which ship I am on?

Thank you, fellow motorers!

 

I too am waiting at the port for my ship, this waiting is really killing me. It appears that the next boat going to west coast is the DON CARLOS, has anybody been able to find it on any tracking systems? I have been to the WW site they indicate is going to Belgium from Germany right now, but I have been unable to find it. Does anyone know it's call sign? How do I find out a particular ships call sign?

Thanks,

Shane

 

I too was scheduled to begin my build on 1/23 with a completion date of 1/31 - so I guess we're kind of waffling between build weeks 4 and 5. I notice my VIN # is 12 higher than yours yet I'm still in the "body shop" - practically the first step I believe. Will be interesting to see how this all comes out - meanwhile I'll work on my two favorite pastimes: distraction and patience!

2006 SB/S MCS JCW - Tartan Red/Black w/ Seven Int. & Anthracite Headliner, Armrest, HK sound, Premium, Sport & Cold Weather packages, LSD, Rear Fog, and Silver Bonnet Stripe.

 

Fingershooter:
The tracking sites don't seem to track ships once they get near the English channel and definitely don't track when in harbor. Seems the best bet is to watch the WW site (http://schedule.2wglobal.com/AppSche...esselSearch.do) and enter your vessel name. You get to see the ship status change as it leaves ports. I share your anxiety as I was looking forward to catching the Liberty on 1/27 (my car was released for transport late 1/25) but when I was assigned a ship on 1/26, it was the Boheme (leaving 2/1). Just hanging out for almost a week in port is killing me - have lost my enthusiasm!

 

Change that .sig! You're sittin' by the dock of the bay, wastin' time.
--dwf

 

How did you find out which ship you were assigned to?