A tanker (or tank ship or tankship) is a merchant vessel designed to transport or store liquids or gases in bulk. Major types of tankship include the oil tanker, the chemical tanker, and gas carrier. Tankers also carry commodities such as vegetable oils, molasses and wine. Tankers can range in size of capacity from several hundred tons, which includes vessels for servicing small harbours and coastal settlements, to several hundred thousand tons, for long-range haulage.
Tanker Intensity is a month-by-month, computer generated data layer showing a 'heat map' of tanker shipping. The shipping simulation considers both international tanker shipping in and out of the entire North Sea region, as well as short sea shipping within the sea region.
The shipping simulation follows this logic:
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This layer is computer generated by our Shipping Model.
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The Tanker 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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