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: -1.36"
## [1] "South-Latitude: 49.23"
## [1] "East-Longitude: 0.54"
## [1] "North-Latitude: 49.82"

2.2 Defined area

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

3 Vessel density (all) 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 13.79853 16.24357 19.55170
2 12.31292 13.59333 17.50794
3 13.20973 13.92216 18.38998
4 12.18961 14.83622 15.88496
5 13.41987 16.35852 16.66989
6 13.51196 17.11276 20.25778
7 16.72509 20.06555 20.16328
8 15.90441 18.40565 19.62806
9 14.30825 13.61711 16.08237
10 20.19881 16.86781 22.75496
11 18.53787 18.67292 17.60684
12 16.35324 19.42738 23.35400

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