"On Vessel" or How to Track My New Car at Sea
04-30-2010, 09:04 AM
#46
Racer
Thread Starter
Better late than never.
After anchoring overnight outside Narragansett Bay, Marina Ace is now at her intermediate destination of Davisville, RI. If she has a new ETA for Baltimore, I have not found it (yet.)
Bottom line: Marina Ace is a day behind schedule.
If someone has more or better information, please share it here.
After anchoring overnight outside Narragansett Bay, Marina Ace is now at her intermediate destination of Davisville, RI. If she has a new ETA for Baltimore, I have not found it (yet.)
Bottom line: Marina Ace is a day behind schedule.
If someone has more or better information, please share it here.
04-30-2010, 09:13 PM
#48
Racer
Thread Starter
She's underway again! I feared that she would be stuck at Davisville over the weekend. But I was wrong.
Marina Ace has already passed Montauk at the tip of the South Fork of Long Island. It shouldn't be more than two days to Baltimore ... where the Porsches are unloaded. With luck she should arrive just in time to catch the early shift on Monday. So, rather than arriving late, she may be a day or two early! At the very least, she is fairly certain to arrive on her scheduled date of May 5.
Marina Ace has already passed Montauk at the tip of the South Fork of Long Island. It shouldn't be more than two days to Baltimore ... where the Porsches are unloaded. With luck she should arrive just in time to catch the early shift on Monday. So, rather than arriving late, she may be a day or two early! At the very least, she is fairly certain to arrive on her scheduled date of May 5.
04-30-2010, 09:26 PM
#49
Rennlist Member
I just checked i now and its just north of Holland. It says its destination is Davisville which I assume is the port on Rhode Island that many other European car manufacturers use. ETA April 29th ?
I can't afford a new 911 but I did buy a new Alfa Romeo GT in 2005 and wanted to track its progress from Italy too and to be advised when it was arriving at my dealer (I wanted to see it unloaded from the truck). Typically I was told nothing and the first I heard about it was a week after it arrived at the dealer.
The Alfa Romeo GT is a neat car - but not available in the USA.
I can't afford a new 911 but I did buy a new Alfa Romeo GT in 2005 and wanted to track its progress from Italy too and to be advised when it was arriving at my dealer (I wanted to see it unloaded from the truck). Typically I was told nothing and the first I heard about it was a week after it arrived at the dealer.
The Alfa Romeo GT is a neat car - but not available in the USA.
I hope they bring those over here, Fiat now own Chrisler, hopefully we will get some of those Alfas as a benefit!
05-01-2010, 08:51 AM
#50
Racer
Thread Starter
Marina Ace is hustling. She is currently making over 15 knots and is off the Delmarva Peninsula on her way to the Chesapeake Bay -- and Baltimore.
Assuming that she makes port during the weekend, will she wait until Monday to be unloaded?
Assuming that she makes port during the weekend, will she wait until Monday to be unloaded?
05-02-2010, 06:17 PM
#52
Racer
Thread Starter
She's in!
Marina Ace is tied up at end of First Street inthe Holabird Industrial Park in Baltimore. To be very precise (for those in the future seeking using this thread to predict their cars' destination), the GPS coordinates are 39.2560N/076.5355W. She arrived at roughly 5:00pm Eastern Time.
Her original ETA was May 5 so she is three days early. It is unlikely that off-loading will begin before tomorrow (Monday) morning. I do not know what time car carriers usually dock in Baltimore or how long is usual between the ship's arrival and the beginning -- or end -- of the unloading process.
Assuming that the work begins at the start of tomorrow's day shift, it is likely that the cars will be unloaded all day. This can only be good news.
So this is the end of this thread. Tomorrow I will call my dealer and then start trying to figure out how long it will take for Porsche to do its pre-delivery processing and then how long it will be before the car is delivered to them.
Thanks to everyone who participated in this thread.
Marina Ace is tied up at end of First Street inthe Holabird Industrial Park in Baltimore. To be very precise (for those in the future seeking using this thread to predict their cars' destination), the GPS coordinates are 39.2560N/076.5355W. She arrived at roughly 5:00pm Eastern Time.
Her original ETA was May 5 so she is three days early. It is unlikely that off-loading will begin before tomorrow (Monday) morning. I do not know what time car carriers usually dock in Baltimore or how long is usual between the ship's arrival and the beginning -- or end -- of the unloading process.
Assuming that the work begins at the start of tomorrow's day shift, it is likely that the cars will be unloaded all day. This can only be good news.
So this is the end of this thread. Tomorrow I will call my dealer and then start trying to figure out how long it will take for Porsche to do its pre-delivery processing and then how long it will be before the car is delivered to them.
Thanks to everyone who participated in this thread.
05-03-2010, 10:25 AM
#55
05-03-2010, 10:30 AM
#56
Racer
Thread Starter
When mine was on it's way I think this was in the news. 
