Cargo Intensity

General Information

North Sea

Baltic Sea

Clyde Marine Region

Adriatic Sea

Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Cargo Intensity

Layer Info
Category	Activities
Sub-category	Shipping activity

Description

A cargo ship or freighter ship is any sort of ship or vessel that carries cargo, goods, and materials from one port to another. Thousands of cargo carriers ply the world's seas and oceans each year, handling the bulk of international trade. Cargo ships are usually specially designed for the task, often being equipped with cranes and other mechanisms to load and unload, and come in all sizes. Today, they are almost always built by welded steel, and with some exceptions generally have a life expectancy of 25 to 30 years before being scrapped.

MSP Challenge

Cargo Intensity is a month-by-month, computer generated data layer showing a 'heat map' of cargo shipping. The shipping simulation considers both international cargo shipping in and out of the entire 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.

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 Cargo 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.