When AIS name differs from Name used

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Jackie Pritchard

• June 20, 2023 20:38

I had great difficulty trying to upload a picture of Songa Discoverer. The name was clearly on my picture but the resulting search came up empty. I had to search a competitors site to find the alternate name Island Discoverer. When I found the page for Island Discoverer it had - in small letters - reported as Songa Discoverer by AIS. 

Here is my suggestion. When the AIS name differs from the name this site uses, make that SEARCHABLE. Instead of getting NO RESULTS on Songa Discoverer, it would have been nice to have been redirected to Island Discoverer.

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  Jackie Pritchard

  • June 20, 2023 20:44

  I will add a follow-up comment. Not being able to find a prominent alternative name for a ship might make users of marinetraffic wonder about its reliability. If, for example,  a researcher or reporter came to the site as was unable to find Songa Discoverer - but could find it on a competing site - that might leave an unfavorable impression.

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  Anastasiya

  • June 22, 2023 13:59

  Hello Jackie, 

  Thank you for reaching out and for sharing your feedback which is much appreciated. 

  Rest assured that it has been forwarded to the dedicated team. 

  Please feel free to share more feedback as this is how we learn and improve. 

  Kind regards, 

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