Shipping Intensity

General Information

North Sea

Baltic Sea

Clyde Marine Region

Adriatic Sea

Shipping Intensity

Layer Info
Category	Activities
Sub-category	Shipping activity

Description

Shipping concerns transport by sea, involving ships or vessels transporting people (passengers) and/or goods (cargo). Shipping may be for commerce, recreation, or for military purposes. Merchant shipping is the lifeblood of the world economy, carrying 90% of international trade with 102,194 commercial ships worldwide.

MSP Challenge

Shipping Intensity is a month-by-month, computer generated data layer showing a 'heat map' of all ship traffic combined. The layer combines the tanker, cargo, passenger and ferry intensity heat maps together. Therefore this layer provides a complete overview of all simulated ship traffic within as well as in and out of the North 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 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.

Types

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

Metadata

Data Source

Enter data source for North Sea here.

Original Title

Enter name of the layer at the North Sea source.

Description

Enter the description of the North Sea dataset here.

Creation Date

yyyy-mm-dd North Sea

Methodology

Enter here how the layer was prepared to be integrated into the MSP Challenge North Sea Edition.

Types

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

Metadata

Data Source

Enter data source for Baltic Sea here.

Original Title

Enter name of the layer at the Baltic Sea source.

Description

Enter the description of the Baltic Sea dataset here.

Creation Date

yyyy-mm-dd Baltic Sea

Methodology

Coming soon

Types

Clyde Marine Region types here

Metadata

Data Source

Enter data source for Clyde Marine Region here.

Original Title

Enter name of the layer at the Clyde Marine Region source.

Description

Enter the description of the Clyde Marine Region dataset here.

Creation Date

yyyy-mm-dd Clyde Marine Region

Methodology

Enter here how the layer was prepared to be integrated into the MSP Challenge Clyde Marine Region Edition.

Types

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

Metadata

Data Source

Enter data source for Adriatic Sea here.

Original Title

Enter name of the layer at the source.

Description

Enter the description of the Adriatic Sea dataset here.

Creation Date

yyyy-mm-dd Adriatic Sea

Methodology

Enter here how the layer was prepared to be integrated into the MSP Challenge.