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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1.2 Interactive map

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- 2017 average
- 2018 average

2 Geographical extent

2.1 Coordinates

## [1] "West-Longitude: -1.34"
## [1] "South-Latitude: 49.24"
## [1] "East-Longitude: 0.48"
## [1] "North-Latitude: 50"

2.2 Defined area

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

3 Vessel density (all) 2017-2018

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 Average

3.2 Analysis (data)

Monthly means (hours/km2)

Month All_types2017 All_types2018
1 11.63560 12.95844
2 10.31363 10.51617
3 11.11189 11.36810
4 10.19693 12.09184
5 10.85900 13.16148
6 10.82136 14.11389
7 12.99495 15.94178
8 12.77373 15.29071
9 11.39748 10.80027
10 16.25676 13.44788
11 14.28841 14.60177
12 12.59470 15.19753

4 Access data


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