EMODnet Human Activities, Main Ports, Goods-Passengers-Vessels Traffic
Short description
The dataset on maritime transport of goods, passengers and vessels in the European main ports was created in 2014 by Eurofish and Cogea for the European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet). It is available for viewing and download on EMODnet web portal (Human Activities, https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/en/human-activities). The dataset is the result of the harmonization and aggregation on annual basis of the quarterly Eurostat Maritime transport data, provided by port in the EU Member States, Montenegro, Norway, Turkey and the UK. It is updated every year, and is available for viewing and download on EMODnet - Human Activities web portal (https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/en/human-activities). EUROSTAT data have been related to the 'Ports 2013' EUROSTAT GISCO's points georeferenced dataset, when available, or to the ports locations coming from other sources, as UN/LOCODE, Lloyd’s List, Marine Traffic and VESSEL TRACKER. Goods traffic data are reported in thousands tonnes by type of cargo and direction. Passengers traffic data are reported in thousands passengers (excluding cruise passengers) by direction and traffic type. Vessels traffic data are reported in unit and gross tonnage (thousands) of vessels by vessel size class and vessel type. Where available, the latest update includes data from the 1997 up to the 2023.
Point of contact
Eurofish International Organisation
info@eurofish.dk
Resource constraints
Re-use of content for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the sources (both EMODnet - Human Activities and Eurostat) are acknowledged. EMODnet - Human Activities accepts no responsibility or liability whatsoever for the re-use of content accessible on its website. For further information on Eurostat's data policy, please visit http://ec.europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm
Spatial extent
['-176.142211914', '178.4296875', '-54.2805175779999', '78.2314453130001']
Type
dataset
Metadata information
Identifier
Keywords
Transport networks ; GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ;

Metadata GDI-Vl-conform ;

Resource provider(s)
Eurofish International Organisation
info@eurofish.dk

Cogea srl
luigi.falco@bip-group.com

EUROSTAT
info@eurostat.eu

Lineage
Validation and quality assurance remain up to primary data sources, e.g. EUROSTAT quarterly data on passengers(mar_pa_qm), vessels (mar_tf_qm), and goods (mar_go_qm per country), while the harmonization is carried out by Eurofish and Cogea. For further information on validation and quality assurance, it is suggested that primary data sources are contacted. Generally speaking data are to be considered very reliable, because they come from national sources officially in charge for their collection. The harmonisation process consisted of identifying a set of attributes common to all the different datasets, thus creating a single data model. The quarterly data on main ports traffic have been harmonized, aggregated on annual basis and related to the Ports feature class, using a one-to-many relationship class.