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Why is the name of ship XYZ incomplete or wrong ?

April 26, 2017incomplete ship wrong XYZ

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Why is the name of ship XYZ incomplete or wrong ?

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The AIS system limits ship names to a maximum length of 20 characters. Therefore, longer names are often abbreviated or cut off at the end. For example, the German authority boat “Bürgermeister Weichmann” can be found as “BUERGERMEISTER WEICH” in our system.