EMODnet Human Activities, Main Ports, Goods-Passengers-Vessels Traffic
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. 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, such as UN/LOCODE, Lloyd’s List, Marine Traffic, VESSEL TRACKER and ports' authorities. Goods traffic data are reported in thousands of tonnes by year, 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 2025.
Data and resources
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EMODnet Human Activities aims to facilitate access to existing marine data on activities carried out in EU waters, by building a single entry point for…HTML Open
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Main Ports (Locations Only)HTML Open
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Main Ports (Goods Traffic 1997-2023)HTML Open
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Main Ports (Passengers Traffic 1997-2023)HTML Open
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Main Ports (Vessles Traffic 1997-2023)HTML Open
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Main Ports (Locations Only)HTML Open
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Main Ports (Goods Traffic 1997-2023)HTML Open
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Main Ports (Passengers Traffic 1997-2023)HTML Open
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Main Ports (Vessles Traffic 1997-2023)HTML Open
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Main Ports (Vessles Traffic by Tonnage 1997-2023)HTML Open
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Main Ports (Vessles Traffic by Type 1997-2023)HTML Open
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Main Ports (Vessles Traffic by Tonnage 1997-2023)HTML Open
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Main Ports (Vessles Traffic by Type 1997-2023)HTML Open
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ZIP (File Geodatabase / Shapefile)ZIP Open
Additional information
| Temporal extent | 1997-01-01 – 2025-12-31 |
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| Date (creation) | 2014-05-01 |
| Date (publication) | 2014-05-03 |
| Date (revision) | 2025-12-10 |
| Status | onGoing |
| Update frequency | asNeeded |
| Metadata language | en |
| License | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 |
| Source metadata | ISO 19115 XML |
| Last updated | 2026-11-04 |
| Created | 2026-11-04 |
| API | package_show |