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West Coast US vs Panama Question

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My SA gave me our ship name. It shows destination as Manzanillo, Panama and not Benicia which is shown on Porsche dealer
s tracking screen. Is this normal? Do they change ships?
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It has multiple stops along the way. You're seeing it's next destination, not final destination.
 

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My SA gave me our ship name. It shows destination as Manzanillo, Panama and not Benicia which is shown on Porsche dealer
s tracking screen. Is this normal? Do they change ships?
this is 100% normal - it will then have it's next destination after it gets through the canal - having watched many many personal Porsche orders - watching big fancy big money real time international shipping logistics is painful - be prepared for many twists and turns…
 

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Check vessel tracker. It’ll usually tell you where the next stop is and with an ETA.

My Taycan took two stops in Southern California after Panama before its final destination to Benicia.
 
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I think I read somewhere that we lose tracking once the ship leaves the mainland areas. Our ship has been sitting between France and the UK for several days. Is this normal or where it loses tracking?
 

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you have to pay money to track ships actually out in the "open" ocean - the updates will come far less - the "free" tracking only occurs close to shorelines

as I noted - watching real time world wide shipping logistics is painful
 

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What I find frustrating is that you can’t see the entire planned journey of the ship (at least for free). The ship my car is on just left Brunswick in Georgia and I was hoping it would head to Panama, but it is currently on it’s way to Colombia. And I don’t know how many other ports of call there are after that.

The only thing I am certain of is that the car probably won’t get to me by 2/14, which is the latest date I was given. With one week for transportation and prep after the car arrives in port being fairly typical, it would be pushing things even if there aren’t any other stops after Columbia.
 
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Also, I got a better view of current location. This image makes it look like it has been spinning around in one spot for several days. Not sure if this is real or not. Considering paying for a month of service to better understand this.

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It's probably at anchor and drifting with the current and wind. And GPS positioning is also not 100% stable even if the receiver isn't moving.
Sounds like you believe the location might be correct. Why would a ship anchor for 5 days and not start its journey across the Atlantic?
 

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Sounds like you believe the location might be correct. Why would a ship anchor for 5 days and not start its journey across the Atlantic?
all sorts of reasons - weather - resupply - crew leave - waiting a bit since their passage through the cancel is "scheduled" - there are all sorts of reasons these ships will "delay"…

the vessel that was shipping my GT3 RS decided to circle in the english straight for 6+ days…

as noted: watching big fancy shipping logistics in real time is painful
 

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the vessel that had my buddies GT3 touring on it - arrived in SF Bay - and parked down near the hwy 84 bridge for 10 days before pulling up anchor and heading towards Benicia - once the ship left Benicia - 3 days later - it was another 2 weeks until his window sticker was generated - car arrived at dealership 10 days after the window sticker was generated and then had to wait 10-12 days for recall part to be available so that it could pass PDI and be released for customer delivery.
 
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the vessel that had my buddies GT3 touring on it - arrived in SF Bay - and parked down near the hwy 84 bridge for 10 days before pulling up anchor and heading towards Benicia - once the ship left Benicia - 3 days later - it was another 2 weeks until his window sticker was generated - car arrived at dealership 10 days after the window sticker was generated and then had to wait 10-12 days for recall part to be available so that it could pass PDI and be released for customer delivery.
Thanks that helps me put things into perspective. I'm recently retired so I have the time to look around just trying to better understand what's normal.
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