We've all ordered stuff from the internet and been sent some track & trace information. It's useful to see where your package is, who signed for it and what time.
We used to have a postman that would sign all recorded delivery letters himself, then stuff them through the door as he knew in my student days I'd be hungover and not wanting to get up to answer the door. He only knew that because we drank in the same pub.
On a much larger scale, we have now been sent the container number that contains all of our possessions. It's currently sitting on a Maersk container ship in Southampton, and leaves on 16th November. According to the schedule we've been sent, the sailing should go a little bit like this:
- Leave Southampton on 16th November, bound for Singapore on or around the 4th December.
- Sit around like an idle student in Singapore until 6th December, where it leaves bound for Auckland.
- Arriving in Auckland on or around 18th December, the container then goes through Customs & MAF and is in port for 2 days.
- On the 20th of December, the container boards a train (1st class we assume) heading down Te Ika A Maui (The North Island) towards Wellington on the 22nd.
At that point, it's just a guess as to when we'll get to see any of it! Considering the 22nd is a Saturday, and the 24th is Christmas eve, I'd guess sometime around mid January. Watch this space!
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