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OPERATIONAL REVIEWWEATHER FORECASTING


patterns, and weather forecasts, and use them to ensure that the cargo rig, the sea fastenings, the ribbing and so on will be able to withstand the motions and forces that are expected.” Equipment is designed to be able to


withstand the very worst that the predicted weather can throw at it, and in reality a prudent ship captain will slow down or reroute to avoid the most severe conditions. This has helped reduce, though not


The Met Office provides a variety of


weather forecasting services to mariners, such as transit forecasts giving expected conditions en route, and other forecasts used in the offshore industries.


happening with climate trends – we simply do not have the data. This sentiment was confirmed by a


spokesperson for the Met Office who said: “It is important to remember that climate change happens over hundreds of years and weather is what is happening now. “So while the trend may be towards a warming world, that does not mean we will


not still get cold, stormy winters or mild summers.”


Claim prevention Chris Bintcliffe, dry cargo expert at MatthewsDaniel, said that sophisticated forecasting systems also have another important use – to prevent cargo claims. “What we do is look at historic weather


eliminate, cargo claims as a result of the weather, said Bintcliffe. “People are a lot more attuned; there is a lot more analysis. These days, many claims can be prevented from behind a desk.” However, the weather is still


unpredictable and the unexpected can always happen. Were it not so, the insurers would not have a market, he pointed out. MatthewsDaniel also carries out


‘hindcasting’ – analysing what the weather conditions were at the time an incident occurred. The degree to which this can be carried out does depend on where in the world the ship was. In some areas, historic weather data is readily available; in others, generally mid-ocean and far from buoys and other fixed infrastructure, it is harder to determine.


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