Perhaps there is an easy workaround for this but I haven't found it.
From time to time the game will report that you are trying to do something that just won't work.
For example, running the wrong type of ship into a foreign colony.
In all such cases it would be extremely helpful to be able to locate where the ship is that is trying to do the impossible. Otherwise, it can be a terrific problem trying to correct a mistake. I don't want to spend 30 minutes looking through my ship list or the map to find the problem.