LIAM should be here mid May, maybe earlier. He was built last friday....

 

Where is Rasmussen?

 

Looks like Portland Oregon -->http://www.rasmussenmini.com

-Randy

 

As ZMini said, it's in Portland, Oregon. Should've clarified it. Since both, 'bolus' and 'tdm156' are from the Portland area, I kinda got carried away...

That said, just got an email back from my MA stating that my MCS is still at the dock - has been there since around the 19th! The automated ASKMINI says the MINI is "in transit" and the OL says "awaiting carrier"...

Sigh... whenever it gets on a boat, it's around 24 days to Port H in CA, then the VDC and a truck to Portland... I was hoping for the end of April, but, even the middle of May is begging to look a tad optimistic...

-MediocreFred.

 

Looks like we are litterly in the same boat!

Hope we get a departure soon. Anyone got a NYK departure vessel schedule?

 

I think I'm in the same boat...er... situation.AskMINI says I'm In Transit but OL page still says awaiting transport (sigh). The link below is a list of NYK departures and arrivals until June. Just type in departure and destination.

http://www.nykline.com/servlet/com.i...heduleSearchPg

 

The is the same status I am in as of this morning. Where ASKMINI now reports "In Transit" but the Owners Lounge still reports "Awaiting Transport". This is sort of typical... the Owners Lounge has been about 2 days behind the status that ASKMINI reports.

I did email my MA this morning asking if he now had visibility to any further shipping and/or tracking information on my MINI.

I have this week off from work chewing p some excess vacation time that I would lose come June 1. I thought it would make the wait easier as I am away from my computer, painting a room and working outdoors whereas at work I sit at a laptop connected to the net all day.... the plan however has backfired. I am doing things away from the PC but now wondering what the heck is happening.

-Cheers!

 

I see several NYK vessels bound for NY (none for New Jersey). I understand the VDC is technically in New Jersey. Nothing on my VIN via WW yet either.

Eenie Meenie Minie Moe - Catch a really large shipping vessel by it's...

ARG!
Randy

 

Would love to know what your MA has to say. I really don't have a problem with AskMINI and OL being out of synch; however, I was disappointed that my MA had the same answer as the OL (at the dock - awaiting a ship).

That said, we probably won't be on the same ship because, I am in Oregon and my MINI would need to be on a CA bound ship whereas yours would be arriving at either Charleston or NY.

-MediocreFred.

 

askMINI says IN TRANSIT but no movement on the OL page for the fifth day. Is the OL page supposed to be that far behind askMINI? Cause now im starting to think I'm not on a boat yet and this would be day 17 at the dock.

 

Everything I've always read here and elsewhere has always commented that askMINI is more up to date and accurate than the Owners Lounge. So let's just go with that.

Today was my MA's day off, but I expect an email in the morning from him with any details he has beyond what askMINI reports.

-Randy

 

For me - askMINI says IN TRANSIT and OL says Awaiting Transport just like you DaddyO, but I can track on WW and I missed the third boat I was scheduled for. Now I'm scheduled for the Liberty, which I should have been on the last time it was in England. Grrrrr.

 

My MCS literally missed the boat west by a couple hours, so it ended up sitting at Southhampton for nearly two weeks. Then it had to dodge Hurricane Ivan in transit. This, by far, was the most aggravating part of the delivery process. Jimbo

 

My wait unded up being 8 months all together. Most painful thing I've ever went through I think. Especially the last 22 days from VDC to delivery.

I really would have preferred to be in a coma during that time.

 

My MCS is in transit according to askMINI. I have the VIN. How do I determine which ship it is on? What is the URL for the WW Site?

 

http://schedule.2wglobal.com/AppTracking/index.jsp

Loaded on the ship Courage. Does not appear to have left port yet.

 

Im in transit as of 4/1/06!!!

 

Kat,

You made the Orion Diamond didn't you? Yay!

 

Yes, it looks like it! Arrival at Prt Humene is scheduled for 4/22

excellent

 

I'm counting on you to tell me how easy, if at all, it will be to track a ship to PH. Some say impossible, but I'm up for a challenge. I'm counting on making the next boat, and I'm placing a call to the NYK Line London office at 12am PST tonight (8am - London) to find out when the next ship will be departing Southampton. I already called the New York office today and they insist that the US division doesn't have ships leaving out of that port, so its gotta be NYK Europe.

 

AH! YOU are more dedicated than I!!

My wife works for the port of Oakland, and I had her have some guys get as much info as I could, and they got nothing. They said its a "ro/ro" port (roll on, roll off) which is mainly for cars...and its not a traditional freight thing. So its hard to track. Good luck with NYK....

 

Yes, in my down time at work and then the past two days where I have been stuck here at home sick I have thoroughly used every Internet resource to expand my knowledge of shipping acronyms! There are also PCC, pure car carriers as well as the Ro/Ro type. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RORO

I was really hoping for a WW ship, as you know there is a ton more information there. Can you tell I'm the kind of individual who likes to know everything about what's going on?

 

There is a show called Megastructures on the National Geographic Channel that had an episode called "World's busiest port" that showed several clips of the NYK Vega Leader. My Mini got to the West Coast on the Pheonix leader which was essentially the same boat.

Here are some screen captures I took.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/4083565...7594075796722/

I learned way too much about car transportation during my wait

 

My car has been on the dock since Saturday.

 

My car was built on the same day!