I don't know if they are actually on it. It's odd that they all still say received at terminal. When I was booked on the ship this past Thursday all the cars said received at terminal and through the day they started to change to loaded on vessel. When the ship left port a bunch of the cars and mine changed to return to shipper but the ones that said loaded on vessel kept that status. So I can't really say I'm on the Grand Duke. It's just odd that I show up in the list of cars for it and they all have the same status. Guess I won't know for sure until 7/21.

 

I think that list was for the WWL ship Integrity. It left on 7/10.

 

Positive thoughts we could all still be on the Grand Duke. Hopefully Monday we will have some updates since Mini USA only works Monday to Friday

 

If you search booking number GBSOU1226121 and click on any one of the VINs that come up it will take you to a page that says it's the Grand Duke.

The Integrity had 156 cars booked on it but it only took 50. This one says 126 but none of them have the status I would expect. Could just be the tracking page is screwed up and I'm still at the port too.

 

Wow, that's interesting. I didn't think WWL did other lines too. I see what you mean about clicking on a VIN and it showing the vessel as Grand Duke. Now I'm even more bummed. I was holding out hope that I'd be on Grand Duke and just not know it, but without even being booked - I'm still in the parking garage somewhere. Rats!

And if you click on the voyage number it says Voyage does not exist.

 

I may still be sitting there with you! I'm hoping for a nice surprise on 7/21 though

The booking number for the Integrity is GBSOU1216342. If you search for that and look through the 2 pages that come up you'll see most say return to shipper but the 2nd page has some with a status of loaded on vessel. Unfortunately I was a return to shipper one. I would think the Grand Duke should show the status of loaded on vessel or return to shipper, so I'm not sure what's going on there. Maybe those cars fell overboard and they are claiming they never saw them LOL.

 

You should contact your MA. He/she might be able to find stuff out that we can't. I wonder if the lack of info after booking and voyage does not exist has anything to do with it being a K-line ship/voyage instead of a WW. At this point I'd be happy to be returned to shipper. At least it would be something.

Until this process I didn't even know there was a whole tracking ships, uploading pictures of ships, etc. culture. It's opened up a whole new world.

 

Oh I know! When I ordered my 2004 the only tracking I knew of was the owners lounge. I had no idea the ships could be tracked now until I started reading these forums after ordering a F56.

Maybe the status will just be slower to update since it's not a WW ship. I'll check on it tomorrow and if I don't see a change, I'll email my MA to see if he has anymore info.

 

If it is a K-Line ship, you will have no updates until a few days after it ships, and that is if you check with your MA. The owners lounge/ASK-MINI will both say "at port waiting for a shipping vessel" for a while.

My ship left Southampton on the 6th, my MA didn't know until the 9th, and the owner's lounge didn't update until yesterday.

 

Get your VIN from the Owners' Lounge. Get your ship and loading status from WWL's Track and Trace. Follow the movements of the ship itself at marinetraffic.com. This is the way to be more up to date than miniusa, or the Lounge, or the MA. At least that's my experience.

 

I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I don't get a K-Line again. I did in '07, and missed out a lot of the fun others had. I didn't get a ship's name until the day it docked.

 

The status of the tracking for booking number GBSOU1226121 shows I made it on the ship! Looks like a bunch got returned to shipper though.

 

CONGRATS! Hopefully wtwien and I will be on the next ship which is probably the 18th.

 

Woohoo! Me and 544 Mini friends loaded on the Elektra and departing soon. Five sad Mini's were returned to dock.

Booking number GBSOU1216347.

You can track this voyage here: http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/det...vessel:ELEKTRA

Departs at 13:00, less than 20 minutes now!

 

I have a question for everyone. My mini is now waiting at the dock and waiting on a ride to the east coast (florida). How do you know which ship is next to dock and which port they will be docking?

 

Put your Vin in the Cargo ID on this link
https://offices.2wglobal.com/offices...ckSearchResult
There are 3 ships leaving in next 6 days for the east coast
The next ships are Columbia Highway July 18, the Aida July 19 and the Honor July 20.
I am and becky1711 are waiting with you to be put on a ship for the east coast and to go to Brunswick GA, which is most likely will you are going being you are in Florida

 

I put in my VIN in the Cargo ID, but it was not able to find it. Maybe it is too early yet.

 

Mine does not come up yet, yes it is too early

 

Mine's not showing (completed 7/10). How long does it usually take to 1. Get to the port, and 2. Get on a ship?

 

For me
Production completed July 4
At the Dock July 10
Still not on a ship yet

 

Is that because it's not showing up on the WWL tracker? Or you truly know that it's not still on a ship?

I ask that because my last one in '07 didn't show as being on a ship until the day before it docked. I think it was a K-Line ship, which doesn't show up on the WWL tracker.

 

The problem with learning your Mini's shipping status is that the even most accurate information is not very up to date.

WWL's Track and Trace is best once you have your VIN. And once it says you're loaded onto a particular ship it is correct and is then the source of the Lounge and miniusa status info. However, for example, Track and Trace didn't show my Mini as even loaded on the ship until a day after it had already left Southampton. (Furthermore, the ship arrived in Southampton a day after its announced ETA).

The point of all of this is that I don't think you (or the Lounge or miniusa) can be certain whether your Mini is on a ship or not until a day or two after the ship actually leaves Southampton. Just keep checking your VIN on T&T.

 

Both and I talked with mini USA

 

By the way, wtwien - I went in to talk trade numbers with my MA today and he said he would be surprised and it would be out of the norm (given our date at the port) if we didn't take delivery by mid-August.

 

Well, heck--if I lived in North Carolina, I'd just camp at the port until I saw it! You're so close compared to the rest of the country.