Daily Archive for November 26th, 2007

sitting on the dock of the bay

88 days after our container left our house it framingham it has arrived in wellington.

Tracking Information
Container : MSCU5003138
Type : 40′ DRY VAN
Status : IN TRANSIT
Shipped To : WELLINGTON, NZ
Shipped On : 30/08/2007

Location Date Description Vessel Voyage
WELLINGTON, NZ 26/11/2007 Discharged
SYDNEY, AU 20/11/2007 Loaded MSC CLORINDA C7143
SYDNEY, AU 12/11/2007 Discharge
ANTWERP, BE 24/09/2007 Loaded MSC HAILEY 23A
ANTWERP, BE 17/09/2007 Discharged
BOSTON, US 07/09/2007 Loaded MSC JAPAN 634R
BOSTON, US 30/08/2007 Gate In Full
BOSTON, US 27/08/2007 Empty to Shipper

the careful reader may note the journey was not exactly the most direct route. we were told the container would travel by rail to long beach california and then travel by ship to singapore before a quick hop over to wellington. the expected travel time was 45 to 55 days. for reasons that no one will admit it didn’t take this route and instead first headed east (the wrong way) to antwerp belgium where it enjoyed a week basking in the summer sun before heading off to sydney australia. that route takes it through the straights of gibraltar, the mediterranean sea, through the suez cannel, the red sea (hello saudi arabia) and across the indian ocean before arriving in sydney.

our stuff is now seen much more of the world than we have.

our ship – the msc hailey