Veslink standardizes voyage communications to help you collect and analyze current positions and other critical voyage data and share information with a network of trusted partners.
This is a Key Topic, with high value for all users.
To add a vessel to your Favorites list, click next to the vessel name. You can also add vessels to the Favorite Vessels list in My Profile.
On the Dashboard, you can filter the list of incoming forms to show only those sent from vessels on your Favorites list.
Finding a Voyage
The Search box has a Search field at the top and a vessel list below. All vessels with current voyages appear in the vessel list with their statuses.
To minimize the Search box to see more of the map, click . To maximize it again to use it, click .
Searching for a Voyage
The Search field is a powerful tool for finding vessels or ports. As you start typing, the field autofills with possible results. When the correct result appears, click Go.
When you search by:
Port Name, the map zooms to the port's coordinates.
Vessel Name, the map zooms out to show the full voyage route in detailed view.
Another Vessel Name, the detailed view of the route of that vessel appears, along with the normal view of the routes of the previous vessels.
Filtering and Browsing Through the Vessel List
To filter the list of vessels, click and select one of the following filters:
Vessels in Port
Vessels at Sea
Selected Vessels (When you are finished, click Clear All Selections, at the bottom of the list.)
Favorite Vessels
All Vessels
To view their voyages on the map, select vessels in one of these ways:
Select one or more check boxes to highlight voyages on the map in normal view.
Click to highlight the vessel in detailed view on the map. Only one vessel can be shown in detailed view at a time.
Viewing Routes on the Map
Detailed View
To view a single voyage route in detail, do one of the following:
Click a blue dot on the map.
Right-click a blue dot on the map and click Show Route.
Click next to the vessel name in the vessel list.
The list expands to show links to Voyage Reports and Port Calls, and a link to Share the voyage, along with the number of collaborators you are sharing with. The map centers on the voyage, and the route is highlighted with additional voyage details. Only one vessel route can be shown in detail at a time.
Vessels appear as blue dots on the map. Ports appear as larger dots with anchors:
Icons on the Map in Detailed View
Green anchor = Commencing port
Orange anchor = Passed port
White anchor = Upcoming port
Orange circle = Noon report
Solid blue line = Current voyage route
Striped line = Future voyage route
For more information:
To view Vessel Details, right-click the blue arrow and click View Master Data.
To view Voyage Report information, hover over a port or report dot.
To view a report in the Voyage Reports list, right-click the port or report dot and click View Report.
Normal View
While you are viewing one voyage in detailed view, you can compare others to it in less detail. To view one or more routes in normal view, select the check box for each vessel in the list:
Icons on the Map in Normal View
Green dot = Commencing port
Orange dot = Passed port
White dot = Upcoming port
Solid blue line = Current voyage route
Striped line = Future voyage route
Sharing the Map
You can embed the map in intranet and external websites and apps to share it, by augmenting the URL with the following parameters:
embed = true (Optional. This parameter removes the top-level tabs and shows only the map.)
hideVesselList = true (Optional. This parameter hides the vessel list on the left.)
username = user@veslink.com (Required. Replace with the username with maps permissions only.)
password = password (Required. Replace with the password.)
The well-formed URL will be something like this: http://www.veslink.com/Map/Fleet?embed=true&hideVesselList=true&username=user@veslink.com&password=password
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