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How to Add Vessel Custom Fields

Written by Eve Church

Your vessels probably have slightly different information to one another - such as different T&Cs. Vessel Custom Fields give you more flexibility and let you customize the information for each vessel.

For example:

  • You want to insert a specific sentence into the contracts used for seafarers hired to work on your tankers.

  • You want to change the name of your company with some vessels being under ‘ABC Crewing Ltd.' and others being under ‘ABC Crewing Manila Inc.’.

You can add a field and name it something relevant. This field is then added to all your vessels, and in those vessels, you can add specific information.

Where to find the Vessel Custom Fields feature

Log into Martide and click on Settings in the menu under your name and then on Vessel Custom Fields:

Screenshot of the Vessel Custom Fields feature in Martide's maritime crew management software

You will go to this page:

Screenshot of the Vessel Custom Fields feature in Martide's maritime crew management software

Here you can:

  • See all your Vessel Custom Fields.

  • Add a new Vessel Custom Field.

  • Order your Vessel Custom Fields alphabetically or numerically by clicking the arrow next to Name.

How to add a new Vessel Custom Field

Click the blue Add Vessel Custom Field button at the top of the page. You will see this pop-up box:

Screenshot of the Vessel Custom Fields feature in Martide's maritime crew management software

Enter the name of your Vessel Custom Field and click Save. The new field will appear on the main page:

Screenshot of the Vessel Custom Fields feature in Martide's maritime crew management software

In our example above, we have added 4 Vessel Custom Fields.

How to use a Vessel Custom Field

To add custom fields to your vessels, go to the Vessels page and click on a vessel’s name:

Screenshot of the Vessel Custom Fields feature in Martide's maritime crew management software

Scroll down the Vessel Details page to the Custom Fields section:

Screenshot of the Vessel Custom Fields feature in Martide's maritime crew management software

You will see the Vessel Custom Fields you have added. Click the pen icon next to the field you want to use. You will see this pop-up box:

Screenshot of the Vessel Custom Fields feature in Martide's maritime crew management software

Enter whatever you want the value to be. For example, a version of your company’s name. Click Save and it will appear in the Vessel Custom Fields section:

Screenshot of the Vessel Custom Fields feature in Martide's maritime crew management software

This value can then be used throughout the system such as within Document Assembly.

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