Every day, ships travel thousands of nautical miles across oceans teeming with life. The shipping industry has a responsibility to minimise the harmful environmental impacts and threats to marine biodiversity posed by dense maritime traffic.

Danish Shipping aims to make it easier for vessels navigating Danish waters to consider the potential effects on marine life by developing a digital route planning tool that combines environmental data with nautical charts.

The tool will provide navigators with access to environmental data highlighting sensitive marine areas and recommend sustainable behaviour patterns during voyage planning. The route planning tool will be made freely available to anyone who wishes to use it.

The project will be carried out in Danish waters, with a particular focus on areas such as the western Baltic Sea, Kattegat, Øresund, and the Great Belt.