MMO1066: Anonymised UK Shipping Track Lines from AIS, 2011

UK waters shipping density data derived from anonymised Automatic Identification System (AIS) transit lines. The dataset was produced as part of project MMO1066 by the Government Digital Service and is released under the UK Open Government Licence. The specific temporal coverage is for the year 2011.

Use Cases

• Modeling shipping density and traffic patterns in UK waters based on AIS-derived transit lines.
• Analyzing maritime corridor usage for infrastructure and port planning.
• Assessing environmental impact and risk from vessel movements.
• Creating baseline maritime activity maps for the year 2011.

Strengths

• Data is derived from AIS, a standard maritime tracking system.
• Has a defined geographic scope covering UK waters.
• Released under a permissive Open Government Licence.
• Associated with a specific project identifier (MMO1066).

Limitations

• Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Derived from anonymised Automatic Identification System (AIS) transit data.

Time Range

2011

Freshness

Data is from 2011; last update status is unknown.

Geography

UK waters