New Recruits of Hong Kong Voluntary Observing Ship (2025)

In 2025, a total of 6 vessels joined the Hong Kong Voluntary Observation Ship (HKVOS) fleet and started contributing to marine weather observations. The new recruits are listed below:

Ship Name

Ship Company

OOCL Daffodil
OOCL Denmark
OOCL Gdynia
OOCL Iris
OOCL Lilac
OOCL Violet

Orient Overseas Container Line Limited (OOCL)

We warmly welcome the above new VOS ships and thank OOCL for their support of the HKVOS Scheme.

Newly recruited HKVOS "OOCL Gdynia"

Figure 1. Newly recruited HKVOS "OOCL Gdynia" (Photo courtesy of Orient Overseas Container Line Limited).