Met Office Marine Casualty Service

Real-time forecast information for casualty mitigation, salvage operations and risk management. In the event of a marine casualty, access to forecast weather information is crucial to the safety of life, protection of the environment and the preservation of vessels or cargoes.

The Met Office Marine Casualty Service (MOMCS) provides: forecast weather and sea conditions specific to a casualty site, wherever in the world; direct contact with an expert team of marine meteorologists; service availability all day, every day; electronic delivery of forecasts direct to your PC; forecast data for use by other experts; five-day forecasts, updated twice-daily and, for some regions, 10-day probability forecasts.

For more information on formats and competitive pricing please contact our 24-hour Customer Centre.

Parties involved with a particular marine casualty may require detailed knowledge about the weather and sea conditions at the time in question, be it for health and safety reasons or in connection with litigation.

MOMCS uses extensive global databases to investigate past weather events and provide expert reports, used typically for cases involving:

• ship loss or damage;
  
• heavy weather damage to cargo;
  
• personal injury;
  
• pollution incidents.

MOMCS team members have experience in providing testimony to court and commercial arbitration hearings and have worked with experts from other scientific disciplines.

For further information about working with the Met Office on weather solutions, please contact Customer Centre or e-mail marine@metoffice.gov.uk.