No Shipping Zones portrait what IMO defines as "areas to be avoided". Areas to be avoided are defined by IMO (2019) as "area to be avoided: an area within defined limits in which either navigation is particularly hazardous or it is exceptionally important to avoid casualties and which should be avoided by all ships, or by certain classes of ships".
Source:
IMO, 2019. International Marine Organization. https://www.imo.org/en/OurWork/Safety/Pages/ShipsRouteing.aspx, accessed on 2022/04/26.
The shipping simulation in MSP Challenge takes the No Shipping Zones in consideration when calculating the Shipping Intensity.
This layer does not contribute to pressures on the ecosystem.
Return to shipping.
Shapefiles provided by NorthSEE partner World Maritime University.
Not available.
2018/05
Implemented as provided.
Baltic LINes partners from draft plans of partners
Not available. Implemented on 2018/12.
Implemented as provided by partners.
The No Shipping Zones layer in the Western Baltic Sea Edition remains consistent with that featured in the Baltic Sea edition.
Mock-up data just for the shipping simulation to be able to run.
Not applicable.
Provided by the project partner CNR-ISMAR based on data from Portodimare.
Areas to be avoided.
Abstract provided at data source (portodimare, accessed on 2022/04/26):
"Ships routeing systems and traffic separation schemes that have been approved by International Maritime Organization (IMO).
An Area to be Avoided (ATBA) is an area within defined limits that should be avoided by all ships or certain classes of ships, in which navigation is Particularly hazardous or in which it is exceptionally important to avoid casualties.
In general, ATBAs should be established only in places where:
inadequate survey or insufficient provision of aids to navigation may lead to danger of stranding; where local knowledge is considered essential for safe passage; where there is the possibility that unacceptable damage to the environment could result from a casualty; or where there might be hazard to a vital aid to navigation."
2019/12/03
The layer was implemented in the MSP Challenge as provided by the project partner (CNR-ISMAR), for all vessel types.
This layer is not present in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.
Co-funded by the European Union.