Passenger Intensity

General Information

North Sea

Baltic Sea

Clyde Marine Region

Adriatic Sea

Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Passenger Intensity

Layer Info
Category	Activities
Sub-category	Shipping activity

Description

A passenger ship is a merchant ship whose primary function is to carry passengers on the sea. Passenger ships include ocean liners, which typically are passenger or passenger-cargo vessels transporting passengers and often cargo on longer line voyages. They also include cruise ships, which often transport passengers on round-trips, in which the trip itself and the attractions of the ship and ports visited are the principal draw.

MSP Challenge

Passenger Intensity is a month-by-month, computer generated data layer showing a 'heat map' of main passenger cruise line traffic. The shipping simulation considers passenger cruises lines both within the North Sea region as well as coming in and out of the entire sea region.

Note that we have separated passenger and ferry lines.

The shipping simulation follows this logic:

• Month by month, tanker, cargo, passenger and ferry ships want to go from specific ports to specific ports, within as well as in and out of the North Sea region.
• These ships find a safe yet short route for their travels. Ideally they move in a straight line. To ensure the route is safe, they will opt for deeper waters and designated shipping lanes applicable to their type.
• More ships following the same route means a higher intensity of ships that month, and thus redder lines on the intensity 'heat map' layers.

Return to shipping.

Types

• 0 to 500 ship
• 500 to 1000 ship
• 1000 to 2000 ship
• 2000 to 3000 ship
• >3000 ship

Metadata

Not applicable.

This layer is computer generated by our Shipping Model.

More info.

Types

• Extremely Low
• Low
• Medium
• High
• Extra High

Metadata

Not applicable.

This layer is computer generated by our Shipping Model.

More info.

Western Baltic Sea

The Passenger Shipping Intensity layer in the Western Baltic Sea Edition remains consistent with that featured in the Baltic Sea edition.

Types

• 0 to 125 ship
• 125 to 250 ship
• 250 to 375 ship
• 375 to 500 ship
• 500+ ship

Metadata

Not applicable.

This layer is computer generated by our Shipping Model.

More info.

Types

• Extremely Low
• Low
• Medium
• High
• Extremely High

Metadata

Not applicable.

This layer is computer generated by our Shipping Model.

More info.

Not applicable.

This layer is not present in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.