AIS stands for Automatic Identification System; it's an automatic tracking system that uses transceivers on ships. AIS Total Shipping Intensity shows the total amount of ships that cross each cell of the region in a certain amount of time.
In the MSP Challenge, this layer is static and does not contribute to any pressures in the ecossystem.
Return to shipping.
Not available.
This layer is not included in the North Sea Edition.
In the North Sea Digitwin Edition the shipping intensity in the Dutch EEZ is available. The data was provided on 2019-11 by Marine Research Institute Netherlands for the year 2017.
This layer is not included in the Baltic Sea Edition.
This layer is not included in the Clyde Marine Region Edition.
Data layer provided by the project partner CNR-ISMAR based on data from EMSA - European Maritime Safety Agency.
Provided on 2020-07-09.
The layer was implemented in the MSP Challenge as provided by the project partner (CNR-ISMAR).
EMODnet
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The Vessel Density maps in the EU are created since the 2019 by Cogea for the European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet). The dataset is updated every year and is available for viewing and download on EMODnet web portal (Human Activities, https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/en/human-activities). The maps are based on AIS data yearly purchased from Collecte Localisation Satellites (CLS) and ORBCOMM. The maps, GeoTIFF format, show shipping density in 1x1km cells of a grid covering all EU waters and some neighboring areas. Density is expressed as hours per square kilometer per month.
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Co-funded by the European Union.