I wish all the visitors of Prefixlist.com a very happy NewYear. May all your wishes come true. I hope succes is on your side in all you do.

Lorenz ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

This is a story about disappointment.

Exactly one year ago I met the secretary-general of BIC briefly. He critisized Prefixlist for not being accurate and containing a lot of outdated prefixes. I told him there were a lot of prefixes not registered by BIC too. And so we agreed some kind of cooperation. I deleted about 700 prefixes that were indeed outdated or fake and impossible to proof. A new column was introduced on the site to mention the proof that was available. I think Prefixlist is the most accurate and reliable containersite on the internet now. It has become an almost daily job to keep up in this everchanging containerworld and adapt the site. The secretary-general agreed to do something about the unregistered prefixes that were listed on Prefixlist in order to equal the BIC list and Prefixlist as much as possible, but so far almost no progress in this.  And too bad they don't want to talk about it. BIC seems to be an ivory tower impossible to penetrate. On Prefixlist are a lot of 'double prefixes'.  It means that one company is paying a lot of money to register the prefix and an other company uses the same prefix for free and no serious action is taken to prevent this. No legal protection whatsoever. I offered them help outside the office, but so far they rejected. They stay in their Paris tower waiting for companies to come to them. Registration remains a voluntarily thing. Unregistered containers are shipped throughout the world without any delay.

On Prefixlist however improvements go on. It is now possible to calculate your Check Digit online. See the CheckDigit Page for this. The searchengine works properly now, so a little compliment this time for the IT specialists backstage. You'll find the searchengine in the top menu bar.  Next year we'll work on a major change in the picture database. This will take some serious work, so again a little patience is needed.

By the way, did you know you don't have to log in at Twitter to see the latest updates on Prefixlist? (www.twitter.com/prefixlist)

I wish all the visitors of Prefixlist a wonderful warm Christmas and a succesful New Year. May all your wishes come true.

Lorenz ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

There is a little delay in bringing you the possibility of online Check Digit calculation. It's going to require a little more patience, but it will work out in the end. It always does. The deep dungeons of Prefixlist is a busy place, it all takes just that little more time than usual. In the meantime preparations are almost complete for the big party on november 12th when the new, restyled Prefixlist.com exists one year. There are still some tickets available, so if you like to come, it's for free. Just send a mail and ask for an invitation.

Special thanks this month to Peter Nowak and Margie for sending in several containerpictures and to Lindsay Ritchie for paying attention when serious errors happen. Couldn't have solved it so fast without you notifying me. Thanks a lot.

Lorenz ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

A new searchengine is available at Prefixlist.com. Hiphip.......hurray.  The search is limited to Prefix and Owner and therefore easy to use without a manual. You find the new searchengine in the top menu bar. It is impossible to check from this side if everything is working as it should. If you have any complains or remarks on using the searchengine please notify me. It's the first step in improving the site more and more. In the deep dungeons of Prefixlist someone is working hard to make online Check Digit calculation possible. This will be available soon. Maybe  this year it will be possible to see the tweets put on Twitter here. So you can follow the updates at the site on an almost daily basis. The integration of the containerpictures in the prefixlist will indeed be delayed till early 2012. This will be a major change at the site and takes time to plan, prepare and built.

Next month a big party as the new Prefixlist.com exists one year. This will be on November 12th. As visitors of Prefixlist.com you're all invited. Entrance and booze are free. Just mail for an invitation.

Lorenz ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

Avarage holidayseason is as good as over. Everybody back to work.

Modify the searchfunction will take more time than expected. I have a pretty good idea of how things should be, but lack of time at the IT department causes further delay. It's a simple matter. You have to buy time for this and with no budget anymore and all funds dried out it has become a matter of good will and sparetime at the IT dept. Also plenty of good ideas of how the pictures should be integrated in the prefixlist so the picture appears when you click on 'view' in the very last column. That's easy programming when there are no double prefixes. But there are, so we have to figure out other solutions. I think this will be something for the 2012 budget.

Improvement will remain a struggle.

Lorenz  ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )