Anchorages

General Information

North Sea

Baltic Sea

Clyde Marine Region

Adriatic Sea

Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Anchorages

Layer Info
Category	Activities
Sub-category	Shipping

Description

Anchorages are places where ships can safely lay anchor.

MSP Challenge

The Anchorages layer is a static data layer. Anchorages are polygons, i.e., geometric shapes that you can draw in, edit or remove when making a plan.

Anchorages create the following pressures on the ecosystem:

• Bottom disturbance
• Surface disturbance

Photo credits: "Anchor on the quayside at Mylor". Tim Green (2009). Licence: CC BY 2.0. Retrieved from https://www.flickr.com/photos/atoach/3867715873/ on 2022-05-09. License

Return to shipping.

Types

Not Applicable, no types.

Metadata

Data Source

Data prepared to incorporate in a previous version of the MSP Challenge, combined with shipping data from NorthSEE partner World Maritime University (only for Belgium and The Netherlands Exlusive Economic Zones).

Original Title

Not available.

Description

Not available.

Creation Date

Previous version of the MSP Challenge: before 2016.

World Maritime University: not available. Implemented on 2018-05.

Methodology

Both data sources were reprojected to the Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area (EPSG:3035) projection. Used the data provided by World Maritime University for Belgium and The Netherlands Exclusive Economic Zones and kept the data prepared for the previous edition of the MSP Challenge for the remainder of the region.

North Sea Digitwin Edition

The North Sea Digitwin Edition only features data for Belgium and The Netherlands Exclusive Economic Zones. The data source is Rijkswaterstaat , the data layer has the original title "ankergebied" and is retrieved by Web Feature Services (WFS). Which was last accessed and updated 2025/01.

Sand Extraction Edition

The data layer for anchorages is identical to that used in the original North Sea Digital Twin Edition of the MSP Challenge.

Not applicable.

This data layer is not present in the Baltic Sea Edition.

Types

• Small Craft Anchorage
• Unrestricted Anchorage
• Unclassified
• Recreational
• Commercial

Metadata

Data Source

Data provided by project partner (Marine Scotland)

Original Title

Not available.

Description

Not available.

Creation Date

Data layer implemented on the MSP Challenge on 2017-12.

Methodology

Data implemented as provided.

Types

There are no types.

Metadata

Data Source

Provided by project partner CNR-ISMAR based on data from the Italian Ministry of transportation - coast guard, for Italy's Exlusive Economic Zone, and tools4msp-eu -GAIR for the other countries in the region.

Original Title

Not available.

Description

Not available.

Creation Date

2021-02-19

Methodology

The layer was implemented in the MSP Challenge as provided by the project partner (CNR-ISMAR).

Types

Not applicable.

Metadata

This layer only exists in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea edition for planning purposes (the layer is empty).