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.
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:
Return to shipping.
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This layer is computer generated by our Shipping Model.
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In the North Sea Digitwin Edition the data for the Vessel Density layer is from the EMODnet Human Activities catalogue. The data automatically updated through WMS connection.
The Shipping Intensity layer in the Western Baltic Sea Edition remains consistent with that featured in the Baltic Sea edition.
This layer is not present in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.
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