My MINI was produced on December 20, 2007 and shipped from Southampton on the COURAGE on December 31, 2007. I cannot gain access to the aisfree site for some reason although I've applied for the free trial three times now. Anyhow, the port of Charleston website (www.port-of-charleston.com) has the information of when they are expecting the COURAGE (January 17). I'M SO EXCITED!!!

 

The aisfree site can be kinda touchy sometimes...it depends on what info you provide it...usually if you just put the name in and then look through the list for you specific one with the correct voyage ID then it works...once the ship gets close to the US you wont be able to track it through there anyway (it stops for some reason once it gets out of international waters

Good luck

 

Thanks for the info!! I'm just going to keep checking the port's website as they update every 30 minutes and keep track of any changes that way.

 

Update: My puppy showed up on the ship "ISOLDE" today ETA to Port Hueneme on 2/10. cant wait!!

Hello Folks,
my 2008 MCS was ordered at the dealer in dec 2007 and the SA tells me that production is done on Jan 10 and is awaiting transport, per the owners lounge. I've been trying to use the VIN number to get the cargo ID on the Wallenius website for the last week or so, but there is no information on it.
I live in the san jose bay area. Is there any other possible websites, that I can use to track? thanks in advance!
Karthik

 

Quick question - My my 08 MCS arrived at the Port 'Awaiting Transport' according to ASK-MINI on Wednesday. I gave it 24 hours to show up at WW's tracking system to see when I could expect to start the journey to the states.

Its been over 48 hours and nothing yet... I have read that others who left later than me made it to a ship and have full tracking info on the WW site. Surely I would have shown up in the system to show I have been booked for a boat in the future?

Or is K-Line a possibility?

 

I have read elsewhere on NAM that there are multiple shipping companies so it might just be that your MINI is not on WW - it might be on K-Line.

 

Tonyeck,
my car showed awaiting transport for almost 4 days and then showed on the tracking website. Give it another day or two.

 

Thanks - good to know

 

Vuganeja,

Congrats! We're on the same boat... there's a threadful of us over in the "MINIs in general/First Gear" section of the forum. Join the obsession.

-poopmonkey

 

I just looked up WWL trying to locate the docks that MINI might use. It looks like Avonmouth, Bristol is their closest port and it is a many cars staged there. Does anyone have more info?

Avonmouth is vicinity of 51°29'12.87"N 2°43'50.14"W on Google Earth.

 

The MINIs leave from Southhampton docks.

 

 

This just made the tracking experience great! Before all i saw was En Route... Now i actually know where the boat is. Thanks guys!

 

Can someone confirm that the aislive (free) site is working correctly? When I click on 'home', I receive a URL error. If I click on the Europe map, I see the World map, but can't click on the NYC area.

Thanks from an impatient, soo-to-be-first-time mini owner.!

 

Hey does anyone know what exactly it means when you look up ship schedules on WW and some boats say * This vessel will not be accepting commercial bookings.? I am seeing these when searching by port for SOUTHAMPTON to CHARLESTON, SC voyages but not on schedules going to NY or Port Hueneme, so seeing that Charleston is the variable I'd assume they're gov't/military contracted but I'm only speculating here.

At any rate it means a long wait at the port for my mini if I assume correctly that it can't go on one of those marked ships.

 

Good question! I was wondering the same thing...

 

I may have spotted a clue to my own question:

In this thread (week #9 support group) on page 3:
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...d.php?t=129441

SizeDoesMatter says that their mini is scheduled on the COURAGE to arrive in Charleston on 3/22, that is one of the voyages marked as "not accepting commercial" in WW schedule. Still don't know why that is, but it looks like our minis can go on those voyages after all!

Edit: Googled for this, more stuff for the OCD and impatient: a schedule of ships leaving/arriving Southampton...
http://www.southamptonvts.co.uk/shipping_movments.asp

 

Anyone know how i can track my mini once it leaves the port? I tried using the above website (http://aisfree.aislive.com) but wasn't able to login after registering. Help!

 

One more question, is the name of my vessel "Manon" the name of the ship?

 

Do you mean leave the port in the UK? If so, you need to use the http://www.sailwx.info/ web site. Use the ship name info gathered from http://schedule.2wglobal.com/AppTracking/cargoTrack.do . Enter your VIN to get the ship name and voyage data..

 

No sorry, i meant it's at the NY port; same as yours! Is there any way to track it from NY to me in MD?

 

Not that I know of, but I'm a rookie. I will call my sales guy on Monday to see if they have a trucking schedule or status report from the VDC.

 

Awesome! Please message me and let me know what you find out!

 

Well, I was able to follow the ship LIBERTY through the english channel but then it vanished.... I went to the ais site and and when I search by call name it shows an old voyage back in february. It left southampton 4 days ago... does it usually take that long to appear on the free site?

 

I've heard that picking up your new MINI requires about fours hours at the dealer. Can anyone clarify for me? 'Watson' arrives in Charleston on 3-20-08 and as many other fanatics, I'm already prepping for pick up!