Martin McDowell's Blog » Transportation and Logistics http://blog.martinmcdowell.com ... from a Slovenian in Wales Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:18:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Where's my container? http://blog.martinmcdowell.com/wheres-my-container-825.html http://blog.martinmcdowell.com/wheres-my-container-825.html#comments Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:11:50 +0000 Martin McDowell http://blog.martinmcdowell.com/?p=825

Thinking the next time I see my skydiving rig would be in a few weeks – all nice and repaired I forgot about it after leaving at the Swansea Staples store. It turns out it is not going to be that straightforward. At least not for the moment. As I sent it through a specialised courier service I am able to track it and it seems to be stuck in Wilmington Airpark in Ohio, USA for a week today. I have reported the problem to DHL and I have received a reply today that everything is OK on their side but it might be held up in customs.

I just hope its not because I forgot to enclose the service repair form. This is the current report from the DHL tracker:

Date Time Location Service Area Checkpoint Details
17.11.08 16:52:00 Bristol – UK Shipment picked up
17.11.08 18:18:00 Bristol – UK Departing origin
17.11.08 19:07:00 Bristol – UK Departed from DHL facility in Bristol – UK
17.11.08 21:36:00 East Midlands – UK Arrived at DHL facility in East Midlands – UK
18.11.08 22:49:00 East Midlands – UK Departed from DHL facility in East Midlands – UK
19.11.08 02:31:00 DHL Wilmington Airpark, OH – USA Arrived at DHL facility in DHL Wilmington Airpark – USA
19.11.08 03:34:00 DHL Wilmington Airpark, OH – USA Clearance delay
19.11.08 04:22:00 DHL Wilmington Airpark, OH – USA Shipment on hold
20.11.08 03:57:00 DHL Wilmington Airpark, OH – USA Clearance delay
20.11.08 04:28:00 DHL Wilmington Airpark, OH – USA Shipment on hold
21.11.08 04:37:00 DHL Wilmington Airpark, OH – USA Clearance delay
21.11.08 04:43:00 DHL Wilmington Airpark, OH – USA Shipment on hold
22.11.08 03:38:00 DHL Wilmington Airpark, OH – USA Clearance delay
22.11.08 03:53:00 DHL Wilmington Airpark, OH – USA Shipment on hold
23.11.08 12:08:00 DHL Wilmington Airpark, OH – USA Clearance delay
23.11.08 12:26:00 DHL Wilmington Airpark, OH – USA Shipment on hold
25.11.08 04:30:00 DHL Wilmington Airpark, OH – USA Clearance delay
25.11.08 04:57:00 DHL Wilmington Airpark, OH – USA Shipment on hold

See where it is now on Boxoh.

UPDATE (28-Nov-2008)

I have just checked te DHL tracking page and it says that my container should have arrived. However if you look closer it does look realy strange:

November 28, 2008 05:27 DHL Wilmington Airpark, OH – USA Departed from DHL facility in DHL Wilmington Airpark – USA
November 28, 2008 05:59 Orlando, FL – USA Arrived at DHL facility in Orlando – USA

If this records actual time it left Wilmington and arrived in Orlando – how could it have taken 32 minutes when the distance is 1080 kilometres. That is some speed 2025 km/h. Well, of course, I don’t think thi sis wat happened. Any thoughts?

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