My Mini was finished today, and is awaiting to be released to the carrier.

 

Anyone else on the Jingu Maru you can watch it leave the Port of Southampton, UK here tonight >> LIVE, just refresh the page.
http://www.southamptonvts.co.uk/radcap.asp

 

Those California ships are pushing hard for the Canal Zone. Five years ago my best friend's son married a Panamanian girl. I went to the wedding in Panama City and was able to visit the Panama Canal which is surrounded by
a tropical rain forest with live gators. It was a neat experience and now I can envision the Don Carlos and the Don Pasquale with their CA bound Mini's aboard moving through the locks. My ship, the Boheme, stops in Halifax tomorrow and transfers it's cargo to the VDC in Newark on 2/10. Bon voyage!

 

I am booked on the Freedom for 2/12/06 yeah!

 

Quoting myself here... The above link will work for all ships in Southampton, UK port.

I forgot one tiny little detail. When checking on the Wallenius Wilhelmsen site if your VIN has a "*" after it this might mean it is cued up on the docks and will load on the next available boat and not the vessle that is shown. I re-checked this morning and my Cooper S didn't make it on the Jingu Maru (call letters JPPT) last night (as it was shown yesterday) but instead was bumped and now is scheduled to load onto the Tancred (call letters LALX4) which of course is not even due into Southampton until 14/02/2006. The wait is on again...

Resourceful links again...
1. Go here first, Wallenius Wilhelmsen site
>> http://schedule.2wglobal.com/AppTracking/cargoTrack.do
and enter click on "Auto Cargo" on the right, then enter your VIN #

After this you can find your "Booking Number", "Vessle Name", "Voyage" (which is clickable) and search by these. If your VIN # has an asterik after it, chances are it is in the port of Southampton, UK but not physically loaded. Don't get cranky, your MINI isn't the only one that has to get loaded...

2. When you find your final Vessles Name, go here to find it's call letters, this will help you track it on the next steps >> http://www.world-register.net/index/A1.shtml
In my case, it is now the "TANCRED" on the "T" listings, page 3. Call letters are "LALX4"

3. You can try out the Live Radar link of Associated Port of Southampton, UK
>> http://www.southamptonvts.co.uk/radcap.asp just refresh every five minutes or so.

4. Once out to sea, and armed with your Vessles name and call letters, you can try tracking by these resources
>> http://www.sailwx.info/shiptrack/index.html
>> http://www.oceanweather.com/data/
>> http://www.aislive.com/AISLivePortal...opDefault.aspx

 

Sorry to hear that ThompsonR53.

I hope I am far enough up in line to make it on the Freedom as scheduled.

 

What I can see with the Freedom the cars with an (*) says (Cargo is in Waitlist Status). The arrived sometime after mine. Maybe it is sort of like being in a standby status? No (*) on mine as of yet.

 

In my case the asterisk disappeared almost at the last minute and the status immediately changed to 'loaded on vessel' from 'received at terminal'. Granted my car was booked later than most of the other vehicles on board, so looks to me they're boarded according to the order they're booked. Compare your booking time (or receiving time) with the rest and you can get a rough idea whether you can make it.
Just keep checking until the ship starts to move on the radar map.

 

The Freedom:

http://www.schiffsphoto.de/HTM/Car/Freedom.htm

 

Hot Dam an American Flagged Ship!! Nice!!

 

The Freedom has been delayed a day. It is now scheduled to leave Southhampton 2/13.

 

Arrgh , Looks like The Freedom and DON JUAN will overlap in Charleson, SC

 

WOW, third time is the charm for now... This morning I re-checked *again* and I'm now booked on the FREEDOM, scheduled for arrival to NY on the 21st - schweet!

I just sold my Porsche 944 last night...

...and the Toyota Tacoma 4WD is to sell tomorrow

Looks like I get to drive our company Land Rover Discovery I for the next few weeks. A "proper" British car tease prior to the Cooper S arriving. Kewl.

 

My Mini was completed on the 6th or the 7th but is still reported as sitting on the dock. Anyone who has their Mini going to the West coast have any more information on shipping this week?

 

Get the Vin number and track it on the ships. Mine said it was still scheduled for Production when it was onboard. If you start tracking it with the VIN # you get a jump on everyone.

 

Thanks, I tried that on the Wallenius Wilhelmsen site but nothing is coming up. I understand that it could be shipping with a different company since it is going to the West coast and therefore more difficult to track. I was just hoping someone had figured a ship name that mine might be on

 

Alright now I am realy fried. On Monday, Betty was shown on the Integrity. It even showed the time of loading and what time it got to the docs. This was per the search with my vin#. Today my MA showed me that she is still on the docs waiting for the Freedom that hasn't sailed yet and doesn't even have a date to sail....

 

Yahoo - WW now shows that my baby is booked on the Carmen which is currently scheduled to arrive at Port Hueneme on 6Mar06. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it gets loaded on 12Feb when the Carmen arrives in Southampton. I'm hoping for two weeks or less turnaround from the VDC to the dealer. If so, I should have it by mid March.

For anyone thats interested, the booking number is SESTO402093

 

Woohoo! I'm showing as booked on the Carmen as well for 2/12. I'm glad some tracking information finally showed up. If anyone is interested, the Carmen is currently sitting in port in Zeebrugge, Belgium

http://aisfree.aislive.com/Influx.aspx?Map=Zeebrugge
(you have to register which is free)

 

Alright now I am realy fried. On Monday, Betty was shown on the Integrity. It even showed the time of loading and what time it got to the docs. This was per the search with my vin#. Today my MA showed me that she is still on the docs waiting for the Freedom that hasn't sailed yet and doesn't even have a date to sail....

Sorry to hear that. This waiting stuff is a beech. Hope the Freedom loads soon.

 

Mine will be landing at Port Hueneme on 2/28, MA (of Southbay Mini) just told me they should have it by 3/5, or the 7th at the latest, the VPC turnaround time is much shorter than I thought.

 

That's crazy, I'd rather trust WW, what did AskMini asy?

 

nooooooooooooooo! I got a * after my VIN.

It looks like everyone who got to Southhampton after 2/6 21:00 got a star (which is almost everyone)

Anybody no for sure what that means?

 

I believe I read in another thread that the * indicates that we are on a waiting list. If there is enough space we'll get shipped but if not we'll get the next boat. Let's keep are fingers crossed

 

. . . look back through Prod. Wk. 4 thread for an explanation of the dreaded ASTERISK *