It also allows the emailed ship observations to be shared with the USCG and the Amver program so all position reports are captured thus improving SOLAS support.
REMINDER – The observation MUST BE in the body of the email and it should be in TEXT format (NO HTML if possible – although scrubbing can occur – its just slows routing process down a bit) Ensure an equal sign (=) is affixed to the end of the message to tell the computers end of transmission.
Additional information on the Voluntary Weather Observation program and sending ship observations via email can be found here.
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