An IMO-World Meteorological Organization symposium on extreme maritime weather has highlighted the need for the gap to be closed between met-ocean (meteorology and oceanography) information providers and the users of this information in the maritime industry.
The first ‘Symposium on Extreme Maritime Weather: Towards Safety of Life at Sea and a Sustainable Blue Economy’, held at IMO Headquarters, London (23-25 October) brought together over 200 stakeholders from across the shipping sector. These included participants from freight, passenger ferries, cruise liners, the offshore industry, ports and harbours, coast guards, insurance providers and the met-ocean community.
Global examples of extreme maritime weather and a wide variety of related issues were discussed. These included insurance, investigation and indemnity, ocean forecasting to improve decision making by maritime sectors, digital delivery of maritime safety information, decision support in polar regions from short to longer term seasonal time scales, voyage route optimization, decision support for the offshore industry, and search and rescue.
Find out more about the event, here.
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