ESSnet on Big Data: AIS-data

What is AIS The Automatic Identification System (AIS) is an automatic tracking system used on ships and by vessel traffic services (VTS) for identifying and locating vessels by electronically exchanging data with other nearby ships, AIS base stations, and satellites. An AIS-device is (at sea) obliged for: All ships > 300 GT All passengers ships ESSnet AdminData WP 4 2 2

3 Data Most important variables (class A – reciever): IMO-number (other register-based info can be linked to IMO-number) MMSI-number name and callsign Speed over ground – 0.1-knot (0.19 km/h) resolution from 0 to 102 knots (189 km/h) Positional accuracy: Longitude – to 0.0001 minutes Latitude – to 0.0001 minutes Course over ground – relative to true north to 0.1° Type of ship/cargo Dimensions of ship – to nearest meter Draught of ship – 0.1 meter to 25.5 meter Navigation status – "at anchor", "under way using engine(s)", "not under command", etc. ESSnet AdminData WP 4 3 3

4 Outputs Prototype reference frame of ships in european waters Linking with data from port authorities Prototype reference frame of ships in european waters Traffic analyses Emission calculations ESSnet AdminData WP 4 4 4

5 Challences Data collection: using dataset at national level (no/low costs) using one dataset at European level (high costs) Data requirements: to process and store the data in such a way that they can be used for consistent multiple outputs, like the ones mentioned on previous slide ESSnet AdminData WP 4 5 5

6 Strongest point AIS Generic dataset at European level ESSnet AdminData WP 4 6 6

Example traffic analysis ESSnet AdminData WP 4 7 7

8 Participants Netherlands Denmark Greece Norway Poland ESSnet AdminData WP 4 8 8

9 Deliverables 4.1 Description of database with AIS-data: July 2016 4.2 Deriving harbour visits from AIS-data - methodological document. November 2016 4.3 Linking AIS-data with data from port authorities - methodological document, including examples. November 2016 4.4 Traffic analyses using AIS-data – document plus examples and/or visualisations. April 2017 4.5 Emission calculations and national and European level based on AIS-data- document including examples of estimates End 2017 4.6 The potential of using AIS-data for official statistics in Europe – final document of WP. February 2018 ESSnet AdminData WP 4 9 9