IMO Routes

General Information

North Sea

Baltic Sea

Clyde Marine Region

Adriatic Sea

IMO Routes

Layer Info
Category	Activities
Sub-category	Shipping

Description

Shipping routes designated and recognised by the International Maritime Organization.

MSP Challenge

IMO routes do not contribute to pressures on the ecosystem, but will influence the shipping intensity calculated by the shipping simulation. The total shipping intensity calculated contributes to surface disturbance and noise pressures.

The North Sea is very busy in terms of shipping, especially in the area of the Strait of Dover, to avoid incidents, IMO shipping routes are defined in the region.

Types

• Ferry
• Passenger
• Tanker
• Cargo
• Maintenance

Metadata

Data Source

NorthSEE partner World Maritime University.

Original Title

Not available.

Description

Not available.

Creation Date

Not available. Data integrated on 2018/05.

Methodology

Data layer implemented as provided by project partners, assuming the routes are applicable to all types of vessels considered.

Types

• Cargo
• Passenger
• Maintenance
• Tanker
• Automated Vessels

Metadata

Data Source

HELCOM

Original Title

IMO ships routeing guide

Description

"This dataset includes digitized deep-water route, traffic separation schemes, precautionary areas and inshore traffic zones in the Baltic Sea as defined in the 9th edition of the Ships Routing Guide (2008) of the International Maritime Organization.

It was updated in 2017.

The update includes information about new traffic separation schemes and deep-water routes, amendments to the existing traffic separation schemes and establishment of new two-way routes which are not included in the original 2008 routeing guide, but were adopted by the 54th, 55th, 57th, and 58th session of the Sub-Committee on the Safety of Navigation of the IMO, and 3rd session of IMO's Sub-Committee Meeting on the Navigation, Communications, Search and Rescue."

Description retrieved from HELCOM's metadata page for this resource (2021-07-15).

Creation Date

Not available. Revision date: 2017-01-01

Methodology

The routeing guide's features where classified in their different zone types; only the features corresponding to "deep-water route", "recommend route", and "traffic lane' where considered as IMO shipping lanes. For those zone types the middle lines were taken into account and implemented in the platform with their average width.

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

• Passenger
• Tanker
• Cargo
• Others

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.