Shipping and ports zones in the Belgian Part of the North Sea
The Royal Decree of 22 May 2019 establishing a marine spatial plan defines 20 shipping and ports zones: Shipping regular regime (Art. 10§1), Northbound traffic flow starting at separation line 'Noordhinder Sud' (Art. 10§2.1°), Separation zone 'Noordhinder Sud' (Art. 10§2.1°), Precaution zone 'Near Thornton and Blighbank ' (Art. 10§2.10°), Northbound traffic flow starting at separation zone 'Off Noordhinder' (Art. 10§2.2°), Separation zone 'Off Noordhinder' (Art. 10§2.2°), Southbound traffic flow starting at separation line 'Off Noordhinder' (Art. 10§2.2°), Precaution zone 'Noordhinder Jonction' (Art. 10§2.3°), Eastbound traffic flow starting at separation line 'At West Hinder' (Art. 10§2.4°), Eastbound traffic flow starting at separation zone 'At West Hinder' (Art. 10§2.4°), Precaution zone 'At West Hinder ' (Art. 10§2.4°), Separation zone 'At West Hinder' (Art. 10§2.4°), Westbound traffic flow starting at separation line 'At West Hinder' (Art. 10§2.4°), Area to be Avoided 'At West Hinder' (Art. 10§2.6°), Deep water route 'Westerschelde approach' (Art. 10§2.7°), Border line 1 of two-way shipping lane 'Westpit' (Art. 10§2.8°), Border line 2 of two-way shipping lane 'Westpit' (Art. 10§2.8°), Precaution zone 'At Gootebank' (Art. 10§2.9°), Anchoring zone 'Oostdyck' (Art. 10§3.1°), Anchoring zone 'Westhinder' (Art. 10§3.2°). It replaces the 2014 Marine Spatial Plan, which is included for completeness. The Royal Decree of 20 March 2014 establishing a marine spatial plan defines in its Art. 9, nine zones with regards to shipping and ports: seven shipping zones (Shipping regular regime, Art. 9 § 1; Shipping route Northhinder South, Art. 9 § 2.1°; Shipping route Northhinder junction, Art. 9 § 2.2°; Shipping route Westhinder, Art. 9 § 2.3°; Shipping route Westhinder precautionary area, Art. 9 § 2.4°; Shipping route Westhinder area to be avoided, Art. 9 § 2.5°; Deep water shipping route Western Scheldt approach, Art. 9 § 2.6°) and two anchorage places (Anchorage place 'Oostdyck', Art. 9 § 4.1° and Anchorage place 'Westhinder', Art. 9 § 4.2°). These zones are made available digitally in the resource described by this metadata document. Please refer to the Belgian official gazette (\"Moniteur belge/Belgisch Staatsblad\") for official reference information.
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- Date (Creation)
- 2021-11-18
- Date (Revision)
- 2021-11-22
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- Dataset composed of the following sources: SWAP (n.d.). MarineAtlas website.MarineAtlas website.Shipping and ports zones in the Belgian Part of the North Sea.
Author
Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature)
https://odnature.naturalsciences.be/
https://odnature.naturalsciences.be/
Custodian
Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
http://www.bmdc.be
http://www.bmdc.be
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- Federal government
- Marine Spatial Plan
- Reporting INSPIRE
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- No conditions apply to access and use
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- Other constraints
- No limitations on public access.
- Use limitation
- No conditions apply to use.
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- Unclassified
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Metadata language
- English
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- Oceans
- Planning cadastre
- Economy
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- Date
- Unique resource identifier
- North Sea
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- 2014-01-01
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- http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4258
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Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
http://www.bmdc.be
http://www.bmdc.be
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An HTTP link to download: MarineAtlas website. SWAP
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An HTTP link to download: MarineAtlas website. SWAP
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- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-07
- Explanation
- See the referenced specification
- Pass
- Yes
- Statement
- Dataset is quality assured. Dataset corresponds to a digitized version of the information published in the Belgian official gazette ("Belgisch staatsblad/Moniteur belge"). Only the information published in the official gazette has legal validity.
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- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2023-09-05T12:47:39.097Z
- Metadata standard name
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- Metadata standard version
- ISO 19115:2003/19139
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