Tanker Intensity

General Information

North Sea

Baltic Sea

Clyde Marine Region

Adriatic Sea

Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Tanker Intensity

Layer Info
Category	Activities
Sub-category	Shipping activity

Description

A tanker (or tank ship or tankship) is a merchant vessel designed to transport or store liquids or gases in bulk. Major types of tankship include the oil tanker, the chemical tanker, and gas carrier. Tankers also carry commodities such as vegetable oils, molasses and wine. Tankers can range in size of capacity from several hundred tons, which includes vessels for servicing small harbours and coastal settlements, to several hundred thousand tons, for long-range haulage.

MSP Challenge

Tanker Intensity is a month-by-month, computer generated data layer showing a 'heat map' of tanker shipping. The shipping simulation considers both international tanker shipping in and out of the entire North Sea region, as well as short sea shipping within the sea region.

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 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 Tanker 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.