Why is it impossible to upload photos of a NEW Vessel?

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Roni Schneider

• February 17, 2015 10:04

Since the last system update, the photo uploading interface no longer allows to upload photos of a vessel that is not already listed on MarineTraffic. You have to select the vessel's name from the list (which means that you can't enter the name of a vessel that is not listed yet).

Will this be fixed or is it MarineTraffic's intention to no longer enable the upload of photos of new vessels?

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  Mazin Hussein

  • February 17, 2015 11:35

  Hi Roni,

  To ease the upload process for our users and to ensure that each photo corresponds to a specific vessel and not just hanging around, it is necessary to connect in the upload process your photograph with the vessel.

  So once we list the new vessel you can add a photograph for it.

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  Marc Servranckx

  • February 17, 2015 11:46

  Very good initiative when you see how many photos are poorly posted - certain person use their time to ask to MarineTraffic to move photos - Regards

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  Yves Pratter

  • September 21, 2017 08:50
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  > To ease the upload process for our users and to ensure that each photo corresponds to a specific vessel
  There is a lot of vessels with wrong names, bad MMSI. Sometimes, they are duplicated… Cf. Warship have wrong names

  So, it is not so easy :
  For example, if I want to add a photo of a vessel with a bad name (i.e. NATO WARSHIP), I must:

  1. Open the Upload a photo page
     Don't change de name, MMSI or type.
     Must select a location (even if I don't know it). If I don't take care, MT use my home location ;)
  2. Go to My Account
  3. Go to Photos Uploaded
  4. Click on the "Edit Photo" button to change the appropriates fields

  > So once we list the new vessel you can add a photograph for it.
  How to add a new vessel that is not in the list?
  Especially wrecks or boats that don't send (yet) AIS signals or that are not in range of a ground station ?

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  Thalia Tsarli

  • September 27, 2017 13:10

  Hello Yves,

  You can easily upload a photo for a vessel existing in our database here:

  https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/photos/upload

  Further to that let me clarify that photos are linked to specific vessel records.

  If there is no record for a vessel then photos cannot be uploaded.

  I hope this helps. I remain at your disposal.

  Best regards,

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