Shipping Forecast excluding the header line, has a limit of 350 words—except for the 0048 broadcast, where it is increased to 380 to accommodate Trafalgar's inclusion—and has a very strict format. It begins with "And now the Shipping Forecast, issued by the Met Office on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency at xxxx today." This format is followed quite strictly, although some continuity announcers read out the actual date of issue as opposed to the word "today". This is followed by gale warnings (winds of force 8 or more on the Beaufort scale), if any (e.g., "There are warnings of gales
Government Shipping Office break-ups for Pakistani seamen (both officers and ratings) as per published record for the years 2014-15 are as under: Government Shipping Office Government Shipping Office, Karachi was established before independence under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1923. It functions as subordinate office of the then Ministry of Communications, now reorganized with restructuring, as Ministry of Ports and Shipping, under the Administrative control of Ports and Shipping Wing, Karachi and being maintained in accordance with Chapter 3 of Merchant Shipping Ordinance-2001. The objective of Government Shipping Office is to administer various provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1923 (now replaced with Merchant