Shipping

SMHI continues to provide services for Scandinavian waters and has delivered forecasts and consulting services in the area since the 1970s.

Services include customised forecasts together with customer-specific comments for sea areas from the Gulf of Bothnia to the Skagerrak, including the Gulf of Finland, the Gulf of Riga and  the Gdansk Bay. 

All products, services and IT systems that have been developed at SMHI for the global maritime market were taken over on 1 July 2020 by Gale Force AB, who now provides the market with the same services.  SMHI will continue to honour all contracts to existing customers during a transition period, to ensure a smooth changeover.

Gale Force aims to continue to develop the services to ensure safe, climate-optimized and cost-effective transport at sea.

Contact: tom.sandberg@galeforcesweden.com

- daily ice conditions and sea surface temperature 
Daily information on sea surface temperature and ice conditions. SMHI can also provide expertise on other ice related inquiries.