There are no Charges to the Ship for the Transmission of VOS Weather Reports
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There are no Charges to the Ship for the Transmission of VOS Weather Reports

 Ships which send messages through Land Earth Stations (LESs) using special Access Code 41 will not incur any transmission charges.

 After recruitment into a national VOS Fleet, the meteorological instruments will be regularly serviced, without charge to the ship or shipowner, generally by a PMO from the ‘recruiting NMS’ or by a PMO from the international PMO network.

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