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The sudden cost of ‘good enough’ maritime weather forecasting

freight_commodity_indices UTC: 2026-03-11 17:31:37

Isabel Houghton, head of forecasting at Sofar Ocean, carries this important warning to shipping: getting weather predictions wrong when conditions are clearly severe, they hurt most when the outlook appears manageable.  When the Baltic Klipper lost 16 containers off the Isle o...

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