So. African Hoppers 2806 and 2807 - Official Work Thread

[Benjamin Richards]

Great news! This campaign is really picking up steam, as it were.

[James Patten]

You can track the ship in real time or close to it, but it costs money.

[Jonathan St.Mary]

Go to marinetraffic.com, and search for Bay Bridge container ship.  All for free.

[Ed Lecuyer]

Here's the link I use. Then you can play with the zoom, track, etc.:
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/shipid:413764/zoom:10

Bay Bridge is currently off the coast of Madagascar.

[Bill Reidy]

Great news! This campaign is really picking up steam, as it were.

Well, it certainly is making waves. 

[Robert Hale]

Here's the link I use. Then you can play with the zoom, track, etc.:
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/shipid:413764/zoom:10

Bay Bridge is currently off the coast of Madagascar.

Looks like the slow boat to China...........

[John Kokas]

Boats to China need to take a left at Albuquerque. 

[Gavin Dalessandro]

whats the route for them

[Ed Lecuyer]

whats the route for them

(subject to change)

Durban, South Africa to Singapore aboard the 'Bay Bridge' (underway)
Singapore to Newark, NJ aboard the 'Wan Hai A13'
Drayage from Newark, NJ to So. Carver, Ma for unloading
Shipment from So. Carver to Alna via partnership agreement with Maine Locomotive & Machine.

[Ted Miles]

When I heard the ship went to Singapore, I thought the ship was going to the west Coast or the Panama Canal. Now it see they are back tracking to send the ship through the Suez canal. Seems like going the long way around!

Ted Miles WW&F Life Member

[Ed Lecuyer]

Update as of 5/22/2024.


The cars are currently offloaded in Singapore.
They are scheduled to depart aboard the vessel WAN HAI A07 on 5-28-2024.
It will take approximately one month for the vessel to travel to New York via the Suez Canal and Atlantic Ocean.
$18,000 has been raised towards the $66,000 cost to acquire and ship these cars to the WW&F. (This does not include a recent $1000 pledge.)
Donations are still being sought and accepted at www.wwfry.org/africa

[James Patten]

Let's hope the Houthi's don't decide they want some narrow gauge hoppers.  Traveling through the Red Sea now has its dangers.

[Philip Marshall]

I was thinking the same thing. Also, Somali pirates.

[ALAIN DELASSUS]

Hi  given the map it will take decades for the hoppers to arrive in the US if they travel on camel back from Djibouti to Marocco unless every country come to an agreement to build a Trans Sahara railroad a twofooter of course it'll be easier and maybe more quickly.

[Graham Buxton]

Hi  given the map it will take decades for the hoppers to arrive in the US if they travel on camel back from Djibouti to Marocco unless every country come to an agreement to build a Trans Sahara railroad a twofooter of course it'll be easier and maybe more quickly.

Perhaps rebuild the Trans-Saharan Railway? 

The Trans-Saharan Railway was a project conducted by France to build a rail line south through Algeria to sub-Saharan Africa. Its original intended use was to connect coal mines and boost trade throughout North Africa, tie together the French Empire, and connect North Africa to sub-Saharan Africa[1] by connecting the existing rail system of French Algeria to those of French West Africa.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Saharan_Railway