My VW Passat Alltrack

[booba]

Once it is entered into ww site then you can enter the vin and it will tell you the ship. it will most likely go around south Africa and not through panama I think.

Halle-FREAKING-luyah!

We have a VIN, ladies and gentlemen!

Now to glue my eyes daily to the tracking sites Booba posted some time ago!

Actually, how do I know which vessel my car is on?! There's a number of dates for varying vessels with a range of departures and arrivals that would match.

[Marakai]

Once it is entered into ww site then you can enter the vin and it will tell you the ship. it will most likely go around south Africa and not through panama I think.

Err, which site? vw.com? vw.com.au? I'd never noticed a menu or link for tracking before. Am I blind?

URL, my man, give me a URL, I beg of thee!

[Inego]

Walenius Wilhelmsen I assume

[Marakai]

Walenius Wilhelmsen I assume

Well that's the shipping company and I didn't think they themselves would allow tracking by VIN, however I found this on a forum:

Track your car, if shipped by Wallenius Wilhelmsen, using [your VIN]:

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics - worldwide ocean transport, inland services, supply chain solutions, terminal services
• Go to "track and trace" cargo section on the homepage, at the bottom right.
(as displayed June 2009, this function has changed location over the months)
• Enter the VIN in the "Cargo ID" field of the form
• Hit "Track"
• Status will be displayed once Wallenius has taken taken possession of the car and selected it for shipment.
• You will then know the ships name.
• If "no records are available" is displayed, Wallenius Wilhelmsen does not yet have your car in their possession, your car is not being
transported by their fleet, or the tracking system is lagging behind actual status - which is quite common.

So, I guess they don't have it yet. That said, same post also said WWL will not always have a VIN linked to the Cargo ID, so you can only guess which vessel your car is on.

Gawds my fingernails are going to be chewed up to my elbows by the time this is done!

[wind]

Halle-FREAKING-luyah!

We have a VIN, ladies and gentlemen!

Now to glue my eyes daily to the tracking sites Booba posted some time ago!

Actually, how do I know which vessel my car is on?! There's a number of dates for varying vessels with a range of departures and arrivals that would match.

The VIN will be the shipping reference ONCE the car is on the car carrier/ship/boat (/bl--dy slow thing!). You will not be able to track it until the car is loaded and in transit. So if the VIN has been assigned BUT the car is not out of production then you will not see anything on the tracking pages.

With my car, could only track it while on the ship. If not on the ship then you just need to wait a little . . . if you are anything like me, I checked several times a day when I got my VIN until it was on the ship then followed the world tour it took on its was to here (went via USA, Panama, etc.)

[Marakai]

The VIN will be the shipping reference ONCE the car is on the car carrier/ship/boat (/bl--dy slow thing!). You will not be able to track it until the car is loaded and in transit. So if the VIN has been assigned BUT the car is not out of production then you will not see anything on the tracking pages.

With my car, could only track it while on the ship. If not on the ship then you just need to wait a little . . . if you are anything like me, I checked several times a day when I got my VIN until it was on the ship then followed the world tour it took on its was to here (went via USA, Panama, etc.)

How fast are those tubs anyway? I take it we're not talking nuclear aircraft carrier flank speed here (35kts+), alas! More like geriatric whale here...

Looks like there's 2 ships, one going via Panama, the other via CoGH/ZA. They're really avoiding the Suez Canal and the Horn aren't they?

[wind]

How fast are those tubs anyway? I take it we're not talking nuclear aircraft carrier flank speed here (35kts+), alas! More like geriatric whale here...

Looks like there's 2 ships, one going via Panama, the other via CoGH/ZA. They're really avoiding the Suez Canal and the Horn aren't they?

Mine took about 4-6 weeks (from memory) - vent via Panama canal. At the time it seemed to me that the state of the art car transport (i.e. tub ) was almost as fast as if the crew was dragging the ship with a row-boat!

Seriously though - those things do move at a fair pace (i.e. most cost efficient one for them, definitely not the fastest they can do).


Re Suez/Horn . . . ??

[Marakai]

Hilarity ensues!

So, assuming that WWL is the sole shipper of VWs from Germany to Aus (or elsewhere) and with the info given to me by the dealer, such as departure and arrival info (VIN search doesn't return anything yet), I narrowed down the likely vessels to 2:

Sunshine Ace, departing Bremerhaven on 11-03 and Tiranna leaving 09-03. The latter via Panama it seems, the former via Cape.

Tiranna is currently in port being loaded. However, after a straightforward journey, this is what happened to Sunshine Ace:

Vessel route Sunshine Ace as of 09-03-13

(obviously anybody looking at this link in the far future wont see what the weirdness is)

So, drunk captain? Overcrowding in the harbour? Hijacking in the North Sea? Holding pattern over Heathrow?

[davo]

Re: My VW Passat Alltrack

I was informed yesterday that my Alltrack has now been built and will be on a ship on its way to Melbourne within the next week. Looks like there is a good chance that it may be in the same ship as yours, Marakai.

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[Marakai]

I was informed yesterday that my Alltrack has now been built and will be on a ship on its way to Melbourne within the next week. Looks like there is a good chance that it may be in the same ship as yours, Marakai.

Check here: http://sagaweb.2wglobal.com/AppSched...pe=generatePDF

Page 2 will be your likely schedule. If you don't have a VIN yet then you might be on a vessel after mine. Unless of course mine is delayed again and bumped to "your ship".

[davo]

Re: My VW Passat Alltrack

Thanks Marakai. Haven't had a chance to ask about the VIN yet. Got a voice mail from the dealer on Friday, but have not had a chance to phone them back yet.

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[Marakai]

Don't know how often WWL updates their tracking system. Tirranna is on its way but not with "my" VIN. Sunshine Ace is still in harbour, schedule for departure today, though I wonder if that's delayed by a day due to her day-late arrival. Also no VIN. In fact no Passat VINs at all so far (as a wildcard search showed me).

The wait is killing me. I shall start counting cars instead of sheep to go to sleep!

[Marakai]

My fingernails cannot get any shorted than I've chewed them now.

Booba, any idea when WWL updates their tracking service, from experience of hitting the refresh button yourself? So far it seems way way behind, with vehicles loaded Feb 26! At least when searching for Passat related VINs. Mine doesn't show up at all yet, even though they really should be loading "my" car right about now.

EDIT: vessel is en route now, but according to tracking there's not a single VW on it (nor the prior one for that matter). Looks like WWL only updates occasionally.

[Marakai]

Hooray, VIN now on list, Sunshine Ace as hoped (so no trip via Panama!). Light at end of tunnel.

<prays for calm seas>

[davo]

Just got notified that my Alltrack is on the Tosca, due in Melbourne in 26th April.