Which ship is my car on?

[unbelievable]

Hello all. I received a call this morning from the delivery team as my car has been loaded onto a vessel at Houston and is en route to Europe.

I've been looking at the Marine Traffic website and I can't find any cargo ships bound for Rotterdam. I bought the app which hasn't helped me narrow it down at all, and I even tried paying for the upgrade on the website so I could track ships by destination. Unfortunately the site isn't working and won't process my payment for a free trial.

I've also tried the Wallenius Wilhelmsen website as per the instructions here, but the site doesn't recognise my VIN.

It's all been very frustrating as I've been checking the MyTesla app way more than a mentally healthy person should do over the past few weeks.

It definitely hadn't been loaded onto the ship last night so we're looking at this morning onwards. Any help with which ship it might be on, or past experience of what to try next welcome.

 

[DJP31]

When did the car start its journey by rail? The update to My Tesla showing the car en route to Europe is a manual one, and it's perfectly possible that the car is on the way from last weeks sailing (Maersk) and they haven't updated My Tesla yet, and only got around to contacting you today.

 

[unbelievable]

I can't remember exactly when it started it's journey by rail but it was over two weeks ago. MyTesla updated this morning with the 'loaded onto a vessel and en route to Europe status' but if that's been done manually as you say, I might not be able to work out which ship it's on now.

Cue me randomly clicking on all Maersk ships crossing the atlantic that may or may not have set off last week!

 

[maserati]

Does it really matter ,delivery team told me it had been loaded in November and sure enough it turned up a few weeks later.

 

[DJP31]

I reckon you are on the Maersk Ohio then. That left Houston today, arriving Rotterdam on the 5th Feb. Funnily enough my car left Houston on the 20th Jan last year and I collected on the 1st March.

You're on the home straight, well nearly!

 

[trace]

It could also be possible that the end destination is not Rotterdam but maybe somewhere further.

 

[unbelievable]

Does it really matter ,delivery team told me it had been loaded in November and sure enough it turned up a few weeks later.

Not really, but I'm a bit obsessive (to put it mildly), it's a bit of fun, being able to track where my car is exactly in the world, and this is the single most important thing I've bought in my life. I've never bought a new car before, never mind such an expensive, amazing one.

I reckon you are on the Maersk Ohio then. That left Houston today, arriving Rotterdam on the 5th Feb. Funnily enough my car left Houston on the 20th Jan last year and I collected on the 1st March.

You're on the home straight, well nearly!

Thanks! Can't wait. I had thought that might be the ship, but with my limited membership of Marine Traffic, I can only see that it's going to USNFK. Thanks for the additional info.

 

[DJP31]

Not really, but I'm a bit obsessive (to put it mildly), it's a bit of fun, being able to track where my car is exactly in the world, and this is the single most important thing I've bought in my life. I've never bought a new car before, never mind such an expensive, amazing one.

If you think your obsessive, this time last year a few us on the Facebook Group were finding web cams and looking out for the ships . We caught a glimpse at Norfolk before it started across the Pond. We knew far more about the location of our cars than the Delivery team did .

 

[DJP31]

It could also be possible that the end destination is not Rotterdam but maybe somewhere further.

Last stop is Rotterdam, some debate about whether the cars come off at Antwerp before going to Tilburg where they are rebuilt (import tax saving - the car is technically parts not a car ).

 

[unbelievable]

If you think your obsessive, this time last year a few us on the Facebook Group were finding web cams and looking out for the ships . We caught a glimpse at Norfolk before it started across the Pond. We knew far more about the location of our cars than the Delivery team did .

Haha, that's hilarious.

But seriously. What's the address of the webcam?

 

[DJP31]

But seriously. What's the address of the webcam?

Pretty sure it was one of these cams

The Port of Virginia

 

[unbelievable]

I was actually joking but now you're just feeding my habit

Thanks for all the help.

 

[Peteski]

Mine has been showing on a boat to Europe since the 10th Jan. Delivery team are estimating delivery in the first or second week of Feb. So that should give you some idea of what to expect.

 

[1208]

You can follow ships real time here...

MarineTraffic: Global Ship Tracking Intelligence | AIS Marine Traffic

 

[podge]

The Maersk Idaho is currently being unloaded in Rotterdam having come from Houston - maybe your car is on it The cam is : Soft Class player

 

[unbelievable]

You can follow ships real time here...

MarineTraffic: Global Ship Tracking Intelligence | AIS Marine Traffic

Yes, thanks, that's the site I've been tracking the Maersk Ohio on. Unfortunately, it stopped updating the ship's position 2 days ago. Hopefully it will update again once it's across the Atlantic.

 

[unbelievable]

The Maersk Idaho is currently being unloaded in Rotterdam having come from Houston - maybe your car is on it The cam is : Soft Class player

Wow, that's great. Will be using that in a week or so...

 

[Peteski]

The Maersk Idaho is currently being unloaded in Rotterdam having come from Houston - maybe your car is on it The cam is : Soft Class player

My car is probably on that ship. I got a call from the delivery team yesterday to say it had just landed in Europe. I'm picking it up from MK in a couple of weeks, fingers crossed.

 

[podge]

My car is probably on that ship. I got a call from the delivery team yesterday to say it had just landed in Europe. I'm picking it up from MK in a couple of weeks, fingers crossed.

That's exciting! When did you order your car ? I'm trying to figure out when I'll have mine..!

 

[Peteski]

That's exciting! When did you order your car ? I'm trying to figure out when I'll have mine..!

I ordered back in late September, but I did request a deferred delivery for Feb. I think at the time I ordered they were estimating late Dec for earliest possible delivery, but probably being optimistic. I expect it would have arrived about now anyway as there didn't seem to be any delay in it going into production.