1. Greatly assists in identifying the status of foreign ships.
2. Identifies which ships, through their omission from the list, can be targeted for possible VOS
recruitment. An up-to-date version of Pub47 reduces the chance of multi-recruitment by more
than one NMS and avoids unnecessary ship visits by PMOs.
3. Assists when preparing to visit a foreign VOS vessel.
4. Identifies which ships can be targeted as possible deployment vessels for buoys and floats