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Re: What info do I (we) need to follow car on ship?
Your dealer should be able to give you the VIN number for your car and the name of the vessel on which it is loaded. It seems to take about 10 days to get to the east coast from Germany. Here is something that poster "Leong" said on April 19, 2005 about tracking your car:
"If you have your VIN, you can go to www.wlna.com, go to cargo tracking, and find your car if its being carried by this line. Wallenius Wilhelmsen carries some cars to the East Coast USA, then thru to NZ, AUST and SE Asia."
This didn't work for me since my car was delivered to San Diego. In my case I was able to figure out the ship even before the dealer gave me the name through some detective work. I knew that Porsche uses VWT (Volkswagen Transport) to move their cars to the west coast. I then looked for ships departing Germany (Emden) about the time I expected mine to leave. I tracked down a VWT ship that was destined to San Diego and sure enough it turned out to be my ship.
Unfortunately I could not find out a way to track the movement of the ship so I just had to depend on the ETA info supplied by the Port of San Diego website. I guessed my car arrival correctly within 1 day. I actually got it one day sooner than I had expected. Mine was off the ship, through PDI and to my dealer within three days of the ship offloading. One edge I had, my dealer is 90 miles from the Port.
Phil
"If you have your VIN, you can go to www.wlna.com, go to cargo tracking, and find your car if its being carried by this line. Wallenius Wilhelmsen carries some cars to the East Coast USA, then thru to NZ, AUST and SE Asia."
This didn't work for me since my car was delivered to San Diego. In my case I was able to figure out the ship even before the dealer gave me the name through some detective work. I knew that Porsche uses VWT (Volkswagen Transport) to move their cars to the west coast. I then looked for ships departing Germany (Emden) about the time I expected mine to leave. I tracked down a VWT ship that was destined to San Diego and sure enough it turned out to be my ship.
Unfortunately I could not find out a way to track the movement of the ship so I just had to depend on the ETA info supplied by the Port of San Diego website. I guessed my car arrival correctly within 1 day. I actually got it one day sooner than I had expected. Mine was off the ship, through PDI and to my dealer within three days of the ship offloading. One edge I had, my dealer is 90 miles from the Port.
Phil
Re: What info do I (we) need to follow car on ship?
If you get the ONVESEL date, you can figure out the date of arrival and the name of the ship. That is it. MJones on Rennlist has been very helpful in providing these data. If the ship stops (like mine in Jacksonville, fl) prior to your port, you might be able to track it by finding that port's website.
Also, please refer to my post on rennlist for my experiences ("I suspect ONVESEL dates can be WRONG" dated 6/26/05).
I'm still waiting - in port this friday, delivery to dealer??
Also, please refer to my post on rennlist for my experiences ("I suspect ONVESEL dates can be WRONG" dated 6/26/05).
I'm still waiting - in port this friday, delivery to dealer??
Re: What info do I (we) need to follow car on ship?
If you check an onld post entitled Vessel Arrival Dates from april 7, you can get a bunch of info, but PC SA is the guy. I'd also suggest once you have some info, from your dealer or the webiste given above, you could also call Inchcape Shipping (if your car is coming into baltimore). Play nice, and its amazing how much info they will give you over the phone. Maybe not specific to your car, but if you know where and when its leaving, they can give you an eta. I knew when my boat was arriving in Baltimore several days in advance thanks to "don" at Inchcape Shipping, they also have a website you can check.
Then the problem is PDI, which had my car for almost 2 weeks. So even if you follow it, delivery date is still an unknown.
Good luck.
Then the problem is PDI, which had my car for almost 2 weeks. So even if you follow it, delivery date is still an unknown.
Good luck.
Re: What info do I (we) need to follow car on ship?
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MMD said:
Is it possible to follow the progress of your car as it crosses the ocean(s)?
What info must we get from dealer in order to do this?
Has your car completed production? What was the last status given to you by your dealer? I believe your car is a 2006 model, correct?
Phil
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