One of the first activities developed under the recently created Expert Team on Marine
Meteorology and Oceanography (ET.MMO) from the World Meteorological Organization
(WMO) and its Regional Association for South America (RA.III) and the Caribe (RA.IV), was an
on line International Workshop for Experience Exchange about the Implementation of the
Port Meteorological Officers (PMO) and the Voluntary Observations Ship (VOS), within
national practices and the adoption of International Maritime Organization (IMO) regulations
for completion the Audit for Members States (IMSAS).
The activity were conducted in spanish by the Chile Navy Weather Service (SERVIMET), with
the support of the Regional Formation Training Center (CFRT) from National Meteorological
and Hydrological Service of Peru (SENAMHI), in two hours weekly sessions, with zoom
platform and practical reviews of the materials generated by the Ship Observations Team
(SOT), Global Ocean Observation System (GOOS), Convention for Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS)
and the WMO Guidelines for Marine Services.
The goal was to familiarize other marine weather services with the PMO's duties (includes
courtesy visits, instrument checking and weather reports training) and to activate the VOS
recruitment at national levels, by choosing the better candidates from the scientific research
vessels, navy and merchant marine, antarctic logistics, fisheries and yachts.