Toyota Plug-In Ship Carriers

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  1. daniel

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    This thread title looked to me as thought it was going to be about plug-in ships, or plug-in vehicles capable of carrying ships.
     
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    I'm thinking of flying to Japan and boarding the ship that has my car, posing as one of the ship's crew members... :)
     
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    Per Dianne's post (http://priuschat.com/forums/toyota-...updated-order-information-14.html#post1468665), it looks like there are some PiPs on the New Century 2.

    MarineTraffic.com says the ship is bound for "US BNC" (ETA 2/22/2012), which is Benicia, California. If that's the case, I guess that means there may be some Northern California bound PiPs on board? After a quick stop, it should then be headed for Long Beach, I suppose.

    It appears that the ship will only been in port for a day before departing for Long Beach (here's an example I found.. on Feb 5th, Andromeda Leader from Japan arrived at BNC and was due to depart the same day to Long Beach)
     
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    I wonder how many hours till that one page gets crashed LOL!

    I think that is a wonderful helpful link for those who want to track their cars!!!
     
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    Great - So my car was built on the 9th - the day this ship left..which means I am probably going to be waiting for the next one.....anyone know how often they fill a ship and send it on its way?
     
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    I have 28 more units slated to leave PORT on 2/14.
    Boat name isn't listed yet, but the estimated departure day is 2/14.
    Note: ESTIMATED.
     
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    Anyone know what ship is next going to Benicia? I think my car (built 2/7) may not have made this Eminent Ace ship, and just wondering if there's another boat scheduled after that... thanks!
     
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    For anyone (else) who was wondering how they load these car carrier ships.. here's a cool video. Specifically, I was thinking they must have lots and lots of drivers driving these cars on the ship. Ideally you'd want a constant stream of cars loading. This video illustrates just that.

     
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    From the looks of that first video, it's like a race track in there! It's kind of scary... I wonder how many cars are damaged while loading or unloading the ship?
     
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    (duplicate post, sorry)
     
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    Well I don't know exactly how many hours it's been, but as of 2/17/12 around 12p Pacific, the site is down. We did it! :rockon:
     
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    Yeah, I tried tracking the Pyxis Leader about an 1/2 an hour to an hour ago and it was down, or I crashed it, lol. :bolt:
     
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    Awesome, that's what I get for not checking this morning! lol It seems to be about 2800 miles away from the Panama Canal. Going 20mph would still put it at 6 days which is the 26th so the ETA of getting to balboa and the canal of February 27th seems right on schedule.
     
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    CETUS LEADER is in port at TOYOHASHI with an ETA at Benicia of 7 Mar 2012.

    NEW CENTURY 2 left Benicia - due in Long Beach 8 pm local tomorrow, 23 Feb.

    EMINENT ACE on its way from Japan to Benicia - ETA 8 am local Sat, 25 Feb.

    PYXIS LEADER on its way from Japan to
    Balboa, Panama - ETA Monday, 2012-02-27 17:00 UTC
     
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