The project was led by the Italian agency CINFAI (Consorzio Interuniversitario per la Fisica delle Atmosfere e delle Idrosfere) and brought together partners from some of the main MEDOCC countries with clear maritime interests, namely Italy, Greece and Malta. WERMED estimated risk scenarios for maritime transportation in the Mediterranean, through the compilation and use of high resolution climatologies of key meteorological and oceanographic quantities based upon historical databases developed under recent international research projects. The potential risks of Mediterranean main routes have been assessed, focusing on economical costs of running ships during different types of weather. Socioeconomical impacts of ship-routing have been analysed and a prototype system of weather-routing based on a chain of mesoscale meteorological and sea-state models has been planned.

Scientist in Charge: LAGOUVARDOS, Project Type: EUROPEAN