The Shipping Forecast is a BBC Radio broadcast of weather reports and forecasts for the seas around the coasts of the British Isles. It is produced by the Met Office and broadcast by BBC Radio 4 on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. The forecasts sent over the Navtex system use a similar format and the same sea areas. The waters around the British Isles are divided into 31 sea areas, also known as weather areas (see map below) There are four broadcasts per day at the following (UK local) times:
0048 – transmitted on FM and LW. Includes weather reports from an extended list of coastal stations at 0052 and an inshore waters forecast at 0055 and concludes with a brief UK weather outlook for the coming day. The broadcast finishes at approximately 0058.
0520 – transmitted on FM and LW. Includes weather reports from coastal stations at 0525, and an inshore waters forecast at 0527.
1201 – normally transmitted on LW only.
1754 – transmitted only on LW on weekdays, as an opt-out from the PM programme, but at weekends transmitted on both FM and LW.
“The unabated demand for ships is keeping the charter market high despite the freight market slump,” Linerlytica noted in its ...Liner shipping profits are forecast to slide by more than 80% this year.
But within the forecast, like his observations about the Chinese shipping fees, were several other under-the-radar developments that could shift the supply/demand balance in trucking.
The Maritime Technologies Forum (MTF) has today released a report providing recommendations on how to develop and implement a SafetyManagementSystem (SMS) for ammonia-fuelled ships.
As explained in the report “Guidelines for developing and implementing a safety management system for ammonia-fuelled ships”, recognizing the industry’s forecasts on the uptake ...
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“As the Trump 2.0 reality show unfolds, as it does daily, often with singular market-moving tweets, we might as well suspend trying to make credible forecasts of future supply-demand balance across shipping sectors.
Unfortunately, without a loud and immediate outcry from the public including fishermen, mariners, scientists and anyone who needs an accurate weather forecast, this ship increasingly looks like it’s in the process of being torpedoed.
Unfortunately, without a loud and immediate outcry from the public including fishermen, mariners, scientists and anyone who needs an accurate weather forecast, this ship increasingly looks like it’s in the process of being torpedoed.