That makes sense. Thanks for the info.

 

Hey All, I'm new to reenlist and this thread so I figured I would provide details about our build.

Freeze was 1/3/23
Manufacturing started 1/29/23
Completed 2/19/23
Arrived @ Port 2/21/23
Scheduled shipping departure 3/14/23
Scheduled arrival in Benecia 4/13/23
Scheduled dealer arrival 4/20/23

 

Thanks! I didn't realize Porsche (VW Group) was using this shipper.

 

Here’s my schedule so far:

05 The manufacturing process is complete 2/10/23

06 Your vehicle is now released for transport 2/11/23

07 Your Porsche has arrived at the German port 2/14/23 (current state, in red)

This is in the new tracking system on my.porsche.com.

As I posted previously, I missed the Dong-A Glaucos on 2/28 even though my car arrived at Emden on 2/14.

In the old TYD site, after my car finished production, there was a step for “on the way to Emden”. In this state, the map showed my car at a golf course between Zuffenhausen and Emden. I don’t know, but my hunch is that that if you showed up there, you won’t see a parking lot of Porsches, but it was just a convenient location on the map for this in-between state. It seems that this state is the same as today’s step 6, I.e., your car has finished production but it hasn’t arrived at Emden yet. 🤷‍♂️

Once at Emden, it seems that there is another queue before cars make it onto a vessel. For me, the queue was at least 2 weeks long because I missed the boat after being there 2 weeks, but the actual length may be longer. We could probably crowd source the rough length of the queue if enough people reported their arrival and departure times at Emden and destination, but it’s not a static thing as it fluctuates based on the size of the vessel, how many cars have seen produced, etc.

I wish they had more precise tracking and web cams that showed me my car as it worked its way from the factory to my dealer, because, damn it, I want to know exactly where my car 22 times a day. 😂 Champagne problems!

 

Here’s my schedule so far:

05 The manufacturing process is complete 1/26/23

06 Your vehicle is now released for transport 1/27/23

07 Your Porsche has arrived at the German port 1/30/23 (current state, in red)

08 Your vehicle has left the port of shipment. It was originally 2/17 then a few days ago went to 3/14.

Who knows? Maybe a week or so it will update. Your Porsche has arrived at the local entry port. Not expecting it to happen.

 

Hopefully we all make the 3/14 ship!

 

For those on the Dong-A Glaucos, I signed up for a free trial of satellite tracking via maritraffic.com to follow her over the Atlantic while it's out of AIS range. Currently she is half way between the Azores and the coast of Portugal, headed towards the Port of Brunswick aka Jacksonville, Florida, where she is predicted to arrive early morning of Monday March 13. This is a little surprising since the Stena Glovis schedule doesn't show this port of call on her schedule. Go figure. Presumably some cars will be dropped off there and then headed to the Panama Canal. Currently cruising at 17.4 knots

 

 

Anybody know who the actual shipping company is for shipping Porsches to the States?

I know BMW, MINI and Rolls Royce use Wallenius Wilhelmsen, and with WW you could go to their website, click on Track & Trace and enter your VIN as the Waybill number and find out if the car was in WW's shipping system, if it was at the port, loaded onto the ship, which ship, ETA of the ship for each port on it's current itinerary and when the car was released from the shipper upon arrival at the port.

So, who is Porsche's shipping company?

 

PWL Group - https://www.pwl.de/en

 

https://stenaglovis.com/customer-centre/schedules/

 

Graduated from this thread! Picked up my GTS at PEC Atlanta on Thursday. 800 miles on it already, and have about 500 more miles to go before I get back to DC. PEC delivery was amazing, and highly recommended. My dealer, Porsche Bethesda was also great. Everything went as they said it would. No ADM, and very responsive to my too frequent calls to them. SA Brandon was great.

 

Is that Gulf Blue?

 

No, it's Shark Blue. That picture does make it look lighter than it is. Not sure if it was the rainy day lighting, or the camera that PEC used.

 

Anyone ever had a month delay to finish production?

• Feb 14 - Production Starts
• Feb 16 - Get the photos of production
• Feb 21 - Delayed a week
• Feb 28th - Delayed a month