1 Data information

EMODnet Vessel Density maps were created by Cogea in 2019 in the framework of EMODnet Human Activities, an initiative funded by the EU Commission. The maps are based on AIS data purchased by Collecte Localisation Satellites (CLS) and ORBCOMM. The maps show shipping density in 1km*1km cells of a grid covering all EU waters (and some neighbouring areas). Density is expressed as hours per square kilometre per month. The following ship types are available:0 Other, 1 Fishing, 2 Service, 3 Dredging or underwater ops, 4 Sailing, 5 Pleasure Craft, 6 High speed craft, 7 Tug and towing, 8 Passenger, 9 Cargo, 10 Tanker, 11 Military and Law Enforcement, 12 Unknown and All ship types. Data are available by month of year. Yearly averages are also available.

1.1 Metadata

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2 Geographical extent

2.1 Coordinates

## [1] "West-Longitude: -1.37"
## [1] "South-Latitude: 49.23"
## [1] "East-Longitude: 0.5"
## [1] "North-Latitude: 49.93"

2.2 Defined area

Map tiles by Stamen Design, under CC BY 3.0. Data by OpenStreetMap, under ODbL.

3 Vessel density (All types) 2017-2019

3.1 Analysis (graphs)

3.1.1 Monthly composite 2017

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3.1.2 Monthly composite 2018

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3.1.3 Monthly composite 2019

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3.1.4 Average

3.2 Analysis (data)

Monthly means (hours/km2)

Month Year_2017 Year_2018 Year_2019
1 12.14321 13.55541 15.40823
2 10.62309 11.15696 14.04672
3 11.37595 11.59714 14.81107
4 10.45346 12.30335 13.39141
5 11.53912 13.57199 14.01202
6 11.48787 14.35746 16.80557
7 13.89400 16.60249 17.45924
8 13.35514 15.55657 16.86261
9 12.10908 11.30639 13.54939
10 17.07377 13.98824 19.63117
11 15.33287 15.04805 14.13110
12 13.30156 15.66803 18.51479

4 Access data


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Year Geotiff_2017 Geotiff_2018 Geotiff_2019
Jan 1 1 1
Feb 2 2 2
Mar 3 3 3
Apr 4 4 4
May 5 5 5
June 6 6 6
Jul 7 7 7
Aug 8 8 8
Sep 9 9 9
Oct 10 10 10
Nov 11 11 11
Dec 12 12 12

5 Interactive map

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- 2017 average
- 2018 average
- 2019 average