Not Long Now!!! The Cars Have Reached Brazil

The ship has been off the radar for a few days while it passed Africa.  Now the ship has arrived in Rio De Janeiro.  The next stop should be Santos.  Fingers crossed!

The Brazilian Job - Mini Shipping March 2011

The Brazilian Job - Mini Shipping March 2011, a set on Flickr.

Here are some pictures from Blake at All Minis http://www.allminis.co.uk when the Minis were delivered to Tilbury Port for Stuffing in the containers ready for shipping.

Mini Shipping - Third Port of Call (Terceiro e Proxima Parada) - Dakar, Senegal

Now the Mini's are all on the way to the Third destination. Dakar in Senegal. Maybe for some rallying?

See link below for their latest status.

[Agora os Minis estão todos a caminho para o terceiro destino/parada. Dakar, no Senegal. Talvez para participar de alguns ralis?

Veja o link abaixo para o seu estado mais recente.]

Mini Shipping - Second Port of Call (Porto Segunda Parada) - Le Havre, France

Now the Mini's are all on the way to the second destination.  Le Havre in France.
See link below for their latest status.

[Agora o do Mini estão todos no caminho para o segundo destino. Le Havre, na França.

Veja o link abaixo para o seu estado mais recente.]

Mini Shipping - First Port of Call (Primeiro Porto de Escala) - Antwerp

The Mini's have finally set off on their journeys today.  First destination is Antwerp. :)

Track there here:  Mini Tracking

The Last Steps - Os Últimos Passos (The Mugshots!!)

Meant to post these pics a couple of months ago....  Busy busy...  

Here are some pics that were taken for the Brazilian documentation.  We needed to prove that the cars are in fact 'Classic Cars' and in 'Collectors Condition'. 

MINI 1

Mini 2

Mini3

Mini4

Finally Shipping Mini's

Nearly a year of Blood, Sweat & Tears. And they have only just about to leave Tilbury Port!!!
The cars are now loaded into the containers.  When I say containers, we couldn't find a company to squeezy them all in to one, so Mini 3 is going it alone. :)

The container can be tracked here: Container Tracking
Container No 1: ACLU2183888
Container No 2: CAXU6590295

The container ship is GRANDE FRANCIA and you can track it's progress here:http://marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdetails.aspx?MMSI=247078800





Will keep you posted.