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Here's a comprehensive BMW tracking guide originally put together by Jeff G.
How to track your new BMW through the production and shipping cycles in the modern age of information: (NOTE: This only works for BMW and Mini Vehicles, This write-up is primarily focused on East Coast delivery options.) (Below) Here's the car I ordered: (Below) As outfitted on the "Build Your Own" section of the BMW website, and as stipulated with the features to my dealer for my order: Tracking my BMW 335i: 1. First: you'll need the vehicle "VIN" number from your dealer, or a vehicle production number. As soon as the dealer officially orders the car through the BMW allocation system, they'll get the VIN number, and then you can get the VIN number from the dealer -just ask them. Here's my Vin: WBAWC73569E06XXXX 1.2 - What my Vin number means: WBA WC73 5 6 9 E06XXXX WBA= BMW AG WC73= Model code of my 335i 5=Safety restraint identifier, indication of seat belts, duel advanced airbags, rear/side airbags, curtain airbags, ect. 6= check digit determined by vin 9= model year, "9" code indicates a 2009 manufacture date (see the code in the chart below) E= Plant code, "Regensburg" Germany (A=Munich) 06XXXX= Sequential production number of my car. (Below) 1.3 - BMW Vin Example: 2. You can then get "rough" update on your cars progress from BMW NA. The production status is listed in the secure member's area of the BMW website. You'll need the VIN number to sign up for the members area. This information can be 48 hours (or more) behind the actual status of the car. (Below) This is the status of my 335i as shown in the BMW NA Member's Area Website : "Awaiting Transport..." (Below) And, another view of the status: "Awaiting Transport.. in the timeline view..." Tracking the car status via phone, BMW North America: (This information can, as well, be more than 48 hours behind the actual status) Call: (1-800) 831-1117 Say "Vehicle Production Status" when prompted... or at any time after the recording starts then,you will be asked for your production number, or last seven digits of your vin number... then say - the last seven digits of your VIN. In my case: E06XXXX, (Read as, for example: E, Zero,6,ex,ex,ex,ex.) Carefully annunciate the Es, Ts and Bs - the system is voice recognition based, and sometimes gets confused with Es and Ts and Bs. then say "yes" when the voice reads it back - if correct... if not correct say "no," and repeat... (you can get it wrong 3 times, and then the system kicks you to a live human, if you're calling during business hours... if not, BMW will give you their operating hours for the office. Hang up, and try again if they're closed.) then say "partial VIN number," if not a production number... when asked... then, the system will give you the status of you vehicle production within the last 24 hours. These are the BMW Status Code Description: 0 Order deleted by NA 17 Order not Specified 37 Order is at BMW NA 87 Production Week Assigned 97 Order sent to AG 100 Order deleted by AG 101 Error in data transmitted 102 Special Order (no Prod Week) 105 Order out of Prod. Period 111 Order Accepted at AG 112 Order scheduled for Production 150 Production Started 151 Body Shop Started 152 Paint Shop Started 153 Assembly Started 155 Production Completed 160 Released to Distribution 168 AG Stock 170 Waiting Workshop 172 Planned for Workshop 174 Workshop Entry 176 Workshop Complete 180 Waiting for Export Dispatch 181 Waiting for Domestic Dispatch 182 AG Load No. -- Released to Carrier 190 Dispatched ex(port?) BMW AG 191 Returned to BMW AG 193 Arrived at Port of Exit (where my car was stalled) 194 Selected for Shipment 195 Shipped from Port of Exit 196 Shipment Arrival -- ATA 3. Once the vehicle is listed as "En Route," you can begin following the progress in detail by other means. Once on a ship, BMW status on their website will no longer provide a detailed update, but you can still continue to track the vehicle. 3.1 - BMW ships with several cargo lines and carriers, depending on the destination. Wallenius&Wilhelmsen (parent company for several ship lines listed below) EUKOR - a division of Wallenius Lines UECC - another division of Wallenius Lines A.P. Mφller - yet another division and ship line owned or operated by Wallenius Lines Mark 1 Shipping - owned or operated by Wallenius Lines K-LINE (Usually BMW West Coast deliveries only, but sometimes ships to NY/NJ as NYK-Line) K-Line is not a W&W company ARC - Often operated by, or under the direction of Wallenius Lines 4. Most BMWs are shipped out of the port of Bremerhaven Germany (Known by the faithful as: "Bimmer Heaven") Port Location: Latitude: 53.5715° (decimal) Longitude: 8.546° (decimal) (Below) Port: Bremerhaven Germany (Below) 5. Typical BMW Shipping Ports of Call: Here's the typical EU to NA ports of call for the weekly car transport vessels run by Wallenius & Wilhelmsen. The destination listed on your ships itinerary will likely be the next port, and not your cars final destination. East Coast Delivery: Bremerhaven (port of exit) Zeebrugge Southampton Halifax New York (actually New Jersey) Baltimore Charleston Brunswick Galveston 7. Figuring out which ship your car may be on: The easiest way is to ask your dealer. He'll have a detailed day by day track of his allocation shipments. Just call, and they'll give you the ships name. In advance of that, you can get a good idea of your ship's name by backing up the schedule you were given when you ordered the car, and finding the ships who's schedule aligns with the approximate final port of entry arrival date. 7.1 - The typical BMW transport schedule: Car to be picked up by you at the dealer on "X" date, for example: June 25th Subtract 1- 2 days at the dealer to detail the car, and install any remaining dealer options : June 24 Subtract 2-3 days in transit from the port to the dealer, so: June 22, 23, in transit via truck to the dealer from the VPC (Vehicle Preparation Center.) Your transport time will vary based on your distance from ports of arrival. Ground shipping on the East Coast is commonly carried out by: "Bavarian Motor Transport," in Enclosed Freight Liners Subtract another 3 days, the car will typically spend June 19, 20, 21 at the VPC, at the port of entry Now look for ships who's itineraries list your port of arrival on, or close to that date, in this example, the Port of NY/NJ arriving sometime around June 18th. 7.2 - Ship Schedules: The Shipping schedules are posted as a PDF at the Wallenius Wilhelmsen website, and changes, but look for the Westbound schedule chart. (Wallenius Wilhelmsen: http://schedule.2wglobal.com/AppSche...countryList.do) K line also posts their schedules on their website as a PDF, and those are usually West Coast bound ships - but not always 8. Track your car, if shipped by Wallenius Wilhelmsen, using the VIN #: WBAWC73569E06XXXX http://www.2wglobal.com/www/wep/index.jsp 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. NOTE: My car never was displayed on this tracking site although Wallenius Wilhelmsen is listed as the logistics carrier, and agent for my ship, operated by ARC. 9. This is the Ship my 335i was actually on: SHIP NAME: INTEGRITY PORT OF DEPARTURE: BREMERHAVEN DEPARTURE DATE: 06/06/2009 PORT OF DESTINATION: NEW JERSEY/NEW YORK, NY ARRIVAL DATE AT NEW JERSEY/NEW YORK, NY: 13/06/2009 (RESCHEDULED: 18/06/2009 while in the port of Bremerhaven, RESCHEDULED: at 11:25 am EST June 14th by Port of New Jersey to 6/19/2009, arriving at 12:00) PREVIOUS SHIP NAME: AKA - M/V OTELLO (Re-named Integrity in 2005 as part of the U.S. Maritime Security Program.) AVERAGE SPEED: 13.8 Knots DAYS IN TRANSIT: 12 VOYAGE NUMBER: EB914 IMO NUMBER: 8919934 (International Maritime Organization ship identification number) MMSI NUMBER: 367063310 (Maritime Mobile Service Identities - This number reflects a U.S Flagged ship.) CALLSIGN: WDC6925 CAPACITY: 5,870 cars LENGTH: 190 m BEAM: 32 m FLAG: USA. The ship is in service for ARC, (American Roll-on Roll-off Carrier) flagged as American in 2005 YEAR BUILT: 1992 SCHEDULED PORTS OF CALL: BREMERHAVEN - 06-Jun (Germany) ANTWERP - 08-Jun (Belgium) ZEEBRUGGE - 09-Jun (Belgium) SOUTHAMPTON - 10-Jun (UK) NEW YORK, NY - 19-Jun (USA, Although shown as NY, the BMW VPC is actually in the port of New Jersey) CONTINUING ON TO: BALTIMORE, MD, CHARLESTON,SC, BRUNSWICK, GA CA0001 ITINERARIES HISTORY: Baltimore, and Southampton WALLENIUSLINES FLEET PORT OF NEW YORK - NEW JERSEY ARRIVAL DATA: Terminal: Public Berth - NJ Berth #: 1419 - INTEGRITY Cargo : Autos Estimated Arrival: 6/19/2009 12:00 Estimated Departure : 6/19/2009 20:00 Agent Name: Wallenius Wilhelmsen Agent Telephone: 973-985-8456 Information Updated As Of: 6/9/2009, 11:25 10. Ship tracking live - status of ship locations and speeds, with ship pictures. Refreshed every 90 seconds: 10.1 - Once you know what ship your car is on, you can follow the ships progress. http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/ Search by Vessel Name, Port, or Ocean Area. Click on the port from the list: BREMERHAVEN http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/dat...ENT&level0=300 Another site for Information on your ship: (tracking requires sign in) http://www.digital-seas.com/vessel_s...l_archive.html Another way of tracking the ship: by name and call sign http://www.sailwx.info/shiptrack/ For sailwx, enter the port latitude, and longitude of Bremerhaven, the port BMW usually ships their cars out of. Latitude: 53.5715° (decimal) Longitude: 8.546° (decimal) Port: Bremerhaven Location: Bremerhaven, Germany ! NOTE: sailwx data usually appears out of date by several days, if not months. As opposed to marinetraffic, which is updated about every two minutes. I have attempted to track ships on sailwx, whose last known location was marked as "August, 2008, when tracking in June of 2009." The sailwx site however, is the only service that will follow your ship through the open ocean of the Atlantic. Ship tracking around the UK seas only, and lots of picture of the ships: The "Marine Traffic" website often loses the ship when off the coast of England. The ship is shown as "out of range." There is a blind spot for their tracking in this specific area, but you can follow it in this area of transit via this site when the Marine Traffic site goes blind: http://www.shipais.com/ (this site can at times fall behind timely tracking - "Integrity" showed a "last signal" that was 48 hours old) An excellent and accurate site for ship tracking around the UK: http://www.ais-live.co.uk/AIS%20Live/aissolent.html Port: Bremerhaven Ships Currently in Harbor, live feed of information refreshed every 90 seconds: http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/def...0&type_color=7 Ships in port BREMERHAVEN now, and the expected departures and arrivals within the next and last 24 hours: Select from the list: BREMERHAVEN, DE for port map, or in port, or departures, or arrivals or ships expected in the next 24 hours: http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/dat...ENT&level0=300 11. Live webcam of "Automobilexport"in Brevenhaven, "Osthafen/Whendebecken" harbor loading area, South of "AmNordhafen" Access road: http://www.blg.de/en/blg-logistics/s...am-automobile/ and http://www.bremerhaven.de/sixcms/detail.php?id=13609 11.1 - Live from Breverhaven Germany, April 6th, 2009 If you look to the North of the The "Osthafen/Whendebecken" harbor loading area on the aerial map, you'll see a bridge that runs over the railroad automotive arrival tracks. When you look at the webcam view (below 2 photos), you'll see the bridge, looking back towards the loading area to the South. This is updated about every 2 minutes. If you have two windows open on your browser, both the webcam, and the Marine Traffic site will align - telling you what ship you're seeing in the webcam by virtue of the aerial view of the port on the MarineTraffic.com site. (Below) Examples from 11, and 11.1 above - Faust and Maersk Wave (From: http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/) (Below) This was a live webcam shot of the two car transporters in port at Bremerhavern that aligned with the above tracking, the Maersk Wave at left below, and the Faust, marked on the side of the ship as Wallenius Wilhelmsen, below right. (From: http://www.blg.de/en/blg-logistics/s...am-automobile/) Tracking my ship, the Integrity: Many BMWs are loaded onto car carrier ships in the "Automobilexport" port sections in Breverhaven. Look for the "Osthafen/Whendebecken" harbor loading area, it is a common staging area for BMW's awaiting export, South of "AmNordhafen" perimeter road. Integrity's movements, June 1st through June 6th: MarineTraffic, shows Integrity as in port at Bremerhaven Germany, West of auto export "Whendebecken" harbor loading area as of June 1, 2009. In port, moored in the "Osthafen/Whendebecken" harbor loading area of Bremerhaven, June 4th, 10:00am EST Shown as moved in port at 7:20 pm EST June 4th to a new loading area to the South, now in "Kaiserhafen ll" harbor, Bremerhaven. Moved out of port as of June 5th. Shown docked again back in "Kaiserhafen ll" area at Bremerhaven Germany, June 6th, 7:32am (Below) June 4th, The Integrity docked to the South of the MV Faust at Bremerhaven (Below) June 6th, 7:32am EST Below is the "Kaiserhafen ll" port area at Breverhaven, South of the more common "Osthafen/Whendebecken car loading area shown above. This picture shows the movement (shown as a green line) of car transporter "Integrity" from the Whendebecken location in port to Kaiserhafen ll . (From: http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/) Other live webcams, 6 views of the port at Bremerhaven: http://www.bean-bremerhaven.de/bean0...ams/start.html More webcams: http://www.seestadt.net/texte_webcam.html Collection of webcam port views at Bremerhaven: http://www.bremerhaven.de/sixcms/detail.php?id=13609 Webcam views of Southampton Port GB: http://www.cowesharbourweather.com/webcam.aspx http://www.bbc.co.uk/hampshire/conte...s_webcam.shtml Panning views of Southampton: http://www.cowesharbourweather.com/webcam.aspx VIDEO: Here's a video tour of the inside of a typical W&W car transporter, shot with an in car camera: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zuq8C...eature=related 11.2 - The day by day shipping journey of the Integrity, and my 2009, BMW 335i M Coupe: (Below) The Integrity, (AKA: M/V OTELLO) in service for ARC (American Roll-on Roll-off Carrier) Bremerhaven Germany June 6th, 2009, departs Bremerhaven Germany for Antwerp Belgium, the first port of stop of four on it's way to the port of New York/New Jersey. (Below) June 9th, 2009, 10:09pm UTC, the Integrity is photographed by "RW68" who lists his location as the port of Bremerhaven, 6/9/09. (Below) June 9th, approximately 2:45 pm UTC, a photographer named Stan Muller takes three pictures of the Integrity while underway leaving the port of Antwerp on June 9th, 2009. My 335i is on this very ship, in the port of Antwerp on June 9th. (From: http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/...php?lid=921750) (Below) June 9th, 5:33am EST, shortly after Stans picture above, the Integrity is tracked leaving the port of Antwerpen and the "Vrasenedok" transport dock near Brussels - destination; Zeebrugge Belgium. The ship photos in the pop-up window on MarineTraffic show the Integrity as green, not blue - the ship was repainted blue in 2008. (From: http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/) (Below) June 9th, 1:05pm EST, ( about 5 hours after leaving the port of Antwerp,) the Integrity is now moored in the port of Zeebrugge Belgium, "Verbindingsdok" port loading area. Zeebrugge port records indicate that the Integrity arrived in port 4:00pm UTC (From: http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/) (Below) June 10th, 2009, Integrity underway at 12.3 kn, now entering the port of Southampton, "GB SAU," arriving from the port of Zeebrugge Belgium. (from: http://www.ais-live.co.uk/AIS%20Live/aissolent.html) Watching the Integrity enter the port of Southampton - live. (while on a wireless laptop in the lobby of a Westin Hotel in Atlanta Georgia... isn't technology great) (Below) Live Webcam Sequence Capture: June10th - 11:47 UTC (45 minutes after the above mapped position) Integrity, as it passes in transit between Fawley and Cowes in the UK, entering the port mouth of Southampton: (from: http://www.cowesharbourweather.com/webcam.aspx) (Below) June10th - Integrity Moored in the port of Southampton (Below) June 11th, 6:56am EST, Having left the port of Southampton, the Integrity is underway off the coast of England, South of Porthleven/Penzance, near the "isles of Scilly" traveling at 17.3kn, - ETA New York is listed as; 9:00 UTC, June 19th. (From: http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/) (Below) June 12th, 9:00am EST, Integrity is tracked via its call-sign, WDC6925, in the Atlantic. Last known position mapped below is 13 hours and 4 minutes out of date as of this track, located at position N 47°54', W 010°48'. (From: http://www.sailwx.info/shiptrack/) (Below) June 13th, 7:53am EST, Last known position reported June 12th 6:00 pm UTC, at N 45°30', W 016°54'. Bearing towards the Azores. (From: http://www.sailwx.info/shiptrack/) (Below) June 15, 5:30am EST, Position N 41°42', W 037°54'. The integrity has been averaging about 350 miles per day. Estimated speed at between 14 and 17.5 kn, - or about 15 to 19 miles per hour. (From: http://www.sailwx.info/shiptrack/) (Below) June 16, 6:30am EST, Last position tracked at 1:30am EST June 16, N 41°18', W 046°30'. There were two position updates in the last 23 hours (Below) June 18th, 6:50am EST (Below) June 19th, 7:00am EST, Integrity enters the Port of New York New Jersey, shown moored at NEAT, (North East Auto Terminal) port records list arrival time as 6:11am. The Integrity is moored in Berth #: 1419. NY/NJ AIS Port Traffic: http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/def...entery=40.6759 (Below) Final Destination, VPC New Jersey Port, shown below is the Northern NEAT (North East Auto Terminal) dock. (Below) BMW VPC, SouthWest Docks, (From: http://www.panynj.gov/DoingBusinessW...to_marine.html) VPC New York/New Jersey: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...02612&t=h&z=19 (Below) BMW VPC/VDC (Vehicle Distribution Center): The car will spend up to three days being prepped for the American market, and being repaired to factory specifications should damage have occurred in transit, in my case, none did. (Below) Ground shipping: East Coast Deliveries are made by Bavarian Motor Transport, in Enclosed Freightliners. This is a BMT truck. (Below) Home at last: The BMW 335i (back left hand bay) moments after arriving home from the dealer. That's the entire journey. Good luck should you wish to follow yours. |
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SUPPLEMENTAL / SUMMARIZED ORDER and DELIVERY TRACKING GUIDE
Here's another shorter guide which provides some summaries of the entire process and each step to order and delivery tracking. Quote:
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Now that U.S. orders are finally being submitted, I wanted to bump this thread for all our future expectant M5 owners. Surely many of you will be anxious to track your orders and deliveries.
The guide above should help your OCD tendencies when the time comes. Congrats to all of you! ![]()
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Now that orders are being submitted, here's a bump for anyone who hasn't seen this tracking guide.
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Now that we have members with their produced M5s on boats headed for the US, here's a bump for the information in this thread.
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Hi I'm new here. My M5 landed in the US yesterday but my dealer doesn't know when I can have it. They told me the EPA fuel economy rating might hold up delivery. Does anyone know about this?
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For all those US customers waiting for their M5s, the dealer called today and said the official word from BMW is.... that they will start shipping the cars that are already here at the ports on Friday August 24th. I'm hoping to take delivery on Monday and I'll try to post pics. Sapphire black, manual trans. exec. package. Sorry I didn't know where to post this, but for those of us waiting since last year this is big news!
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My car was shipped on the 2nd, i typed in the vin on the Wallenius Wilhelmsen website and i get the message, "not found" is there another shipping site i can use to track my m5?
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just found mine on kline.com (another shipping company)... go to the site and look at the schedule, see what ship left on 9/2... the kline site wont let you search by VIN (at i havent found it yet) .
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This is all so interesting to me because I work with KLINE and some of thee other shipping companies. My cars ETA in Baltimore is 10/20. Cant wait
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Curious - my M5 is listed now on BMWUSA but no production week just yet. Does BMW ever list the options and colors selected on the Tracking page so you can be sure it is correct?
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some great info in here.
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