Originally Posted by
davidh
Hi Idsh42,
When I was tracking mine:
You can use wild card searches on the Wallenius Wilhelmsen shipping site to find out similar cars. For example, to search for all MY2015 cars, use a Cargo ID of TMB%F00%. If you want to search for RS wagons, use TMBKE9N%F00%. You will get a list of all the cars matching the search, and can click on the link to find which ship/port. It did take more than 10 days to get on the ship.
Once you get the ship ID, I found the best tracking was with the free FindShip app on Android.
You can verify your version using the VIN, which is decoded roughly like:
1. Region: T
2. Country: M
3. Manufacturer: B
4. Series: K for Octavia III
5. Engine: E for 162kW
6. Restraint: 9 - number of airbags
7. Model: N for Combi
8. Don't know what the next character is for
9. Check Digit: single digit, could be anything
10. Year: F for MY2015
11. Assembly Plant: 0
Serial Number: last 6 digits
If you want to find out the model, you can past the VIN into this site: igorweb.org/vindec/default.aspx. If worked for my car.