Global Shipping Traffic Density
This data was obtained through a partnership with IMF, as part of IMF's World Seaborne Trade Monitoring System (Cerdeiro, Komaromi, Liu and Saeed, 2020). The data analysis was supported by the World Bank’s ESMAP and PROBLUE programs.
The dataset contains 6 density layers, with vessel types aggregated to suit the needs of the WBG Offshore Wind Development Program:
- Commercial ships
- Fishing ships
- Oil & Gas [note: this is just platforms, rigs, and FPSOs]
- Passenger ships
- Leisure vessels
- GLOBAL ship density layers of all ship categories combined
Data and resources
Additional information
| Temporal extent | 2015-01-01 – 2021-02-01 |
|---|---|
| Date (publication) | 2020-01-01 |
| Date (revision) | 2021-05-03 |
| Status | onGoing |
| Update frequency | asNeeded |
| Metadata language | en |
| License | CC-BY (Creative Commons - Attribution) |
| Source metadata | ISO 19115 XML |
| Last updated | 2026-11-04 |
| Created | 2026-11-04 |
| API | package_show |