[itsxtian]

Just some fun facts:
The Panama Canal is a man-made canal in Central America which joins the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. One of the largest and most difficult engineering projects ever undertaken, it had an enormous impact on shipping between the two oceans, replacing the long and treacherous route via the Drake Passage and Cape Horn at the southernmost tip of South America. A ship sailing from New York to San Francisco via the canal travels 9,500 km (6,000 miles), well under half the 22,500 km (14,000 mi) route around Cape Horn.[1] Although the concept of a canal near Panama dates back to the early 16th century, the first attempt to construct a canal began in 1880 under French leadership. After this attempt failed and saw 21,900 workers die, the project of building a canal was attempted and completed by the United States in the early 1900s, with the canal opening in 1914. The building of the 77 km (51 mi) canal was plagued by problems, including disease (particularly malaria and yellow fever) and landslides. By the time the canal was completed, a total of 27,500 workers are estimated to have died in the French and American efforts.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal

[itsxtian]

She's booked
Arriving: 0700 April 30
AM/1/May1

[MDCTFTW]

Originally Posted by itsxtian

She's booked
Arriving: 0700 April 30
AM/1/May1

What does "AM/1/May1" mean?

[MDCTFTW]

Nobody caught her through the canal via webcam huh?

[spn]

Originally Posted by itsxtian

Hmm, why is it scheduled for San Diego? I thought Grus is only stopping by Jacksonville, Long Beach and Hueneme. If it's 5/8 for SD does that mean she's behind schedule for Hueneme?

It is very common for them to stop at multiple ports and they can hit two SoCal ports in a day. She will probably arrive in SD in the early morning hours of 5/8 and unload Volkswagens and Porsches then move on to PH later that day to arrive in PH closer to midnight on 5/8. At some point, the SD schedule will show her arrival time. I am not home (I am on my phone) so I can't look now.

[MDCTFTW]

http://www.sdmis.org/schedule/

We're on the schedule:

Grus 05/08 unkn 05/08 unkn Jacksonville, Florida

[spn]

Originally Posted by MDCTFTW

http://www.sdmis.org/schedule/

We're on the schedule:

Grus 05/08 unkn 05/08 unkn Jacksonville, Florida

No, I mean the actual "time" of arrival, like 13:00 hours. They will give the time of day that the ship is due to arrive. Then you can kind of judge if it is really do-able for the ship to go to SD AND PH in the same day. Right now the schedule just shows, "unknown."

[itsxtian]

Web cam!
http://www.pancanal.com/eng/photo/camera-java.html
I think I see Grus chillin (Gatun locks tab)?

[MDCTFTW]

Originally Posted by itsxtian

Web cam!
http://www.pancanal.com/eng/photo/camera-java.html
I think I see Grus chillin (Gatun locks tab)?

Wow you can tell that's GRUS? If so, give her some NOS.

[spn]

Aislive has taken down their free AIS radar tracking on the web today (and, they raised their prices on their pay subscription service, as well). So, I have lost the ability to check AIS radar.

[MDCTFTW]

Originally Posted by spn

Aislive has taken down their free AIS radar tracking on the web today (and, they raised their prices on their pay subscription service, as well). So, I have lost the ability to check AIS radar.

Probably too many fans clicking refresh all day. Haha. Thanks for trying and all your help thus far. Watch my car isn't even on the GRUS.

[MDCTFTW]

Man we're the only boat still without an ETA into PH.

[itsxtian]

On the official site, it says we're booked for the 8th @ Hueneme

http://www.portofhueneme.org/home.php
Click Current Vessel Schedule for the pdf.

[JaMa]

Cool. Any chance whatsoever of tracking her in the Pacific?

Inquiring minds want to know....

J

[MDCTFTW]

Originally Posted by itsxtian

On the official site, it says we're booked for the 8th @ Hueneme

http://www.portofhueneme.org/home.php
Click Current Vessel Schedule for the pdf.

Ah nice, but I meant on this schedule we don't have a time set ... just date:

http://www.sdmis.org/schedule/

[itsxtian]

This time next week!!!

[REP1KRR]

Originally Posted by itsxtian

On the official site, it says we're booked for the 8th @ Hueneme

http://www.portofhueneme.org/home.php
Click Current Vessel Schedule for the pdf.

This now shows the 10th! Saturday! Uggg.....

[spn]

It is really a bummer that I lost AIS. Did you guys really see Grus on the PanCanal web cams? Sometimes you can see their name on the ship as they pass by the camera. It should only take 6-7 days for her to get to the SoCal region from the Canal. She is on the port of San Diego schedule for 5/8, but she could arrive early. I can't imagine why it would take eight days to get to San Diego. Unless, the port is booked and she is having to stall until 5/8. At some point, the port of San Diego schedule will show her ETA; the actual time of arrival. If she comes in during daylight hours, you can watch some fairly good web cams of her as she arrives. See the Camellia Ace and Hojin threads. I took good screenshots of those ships in the bay of San Diego. Very cool.

Here are the web cams. For Hojin, though, she parked out of view of the cam, but for Camellia Ace, we got to watch her unload Volkswagens and Porsches "live."

The SD dock web cam:

http://www.sdmis.org/view/24thcam.phtml

The SD Bay web cam: (this camera is clickable and zoomable. You can click the screen to move the camera around to follow her all the way into and down the length of the bay. It is very cool.)

http://live6.truelook.com/face/newfa...480&quality=65

Port of San Diego schedule
http://www.sdmis.org/schedule/

Once she reaches the SoCal area, subscribe (for free) to shinemicro.com. You will be able to follow her on AIS radar "live" from port to port.

She is also due into the port of Long Beach on 5/8. So, she should arrive in SD in the morning and depart for Long Beach early evening.

[itsxtian]

The 10th @ Hueneme?
WTF!

[blue1]

Last know position at 1am this morning. It is now showing an arrival time of 5pm 05/08 into San Diego.

[spn]

Originally Posted by blue1

Last know position at 1am this morning. It is now showing an arrival time of 5pm 05/08 into San Diego.

Were you able to get an AIS subscription??

[blue1]

Originally Posted by spn

Were you able to get an AIS subscription??

Yes

I had the free subsciption and lost it around the same time you did. I used a different email address and reregistered and they gave a free trial for 2 weeks starting 05/02. As you may have guessed I am on the Grus. I missed it going the the PC as this was the time I has no AIS. I did pick it up in the Pacific Ocean on 05/01 late at night so I think it transisted on 05/01 not the 30th as some people had reported. It should have been a lot further up the coast if it managed to get through on the 30th.