Title

Worldwide list of seaports, version 2021

Date (Creation)

2018-02-28

Date (Publication)

2018-04-19

Date (Revision)

2019-11-14

Date (Revision)

2021-12-01

Citation identifier

FRE-330-715-368-00032_IFR_LOCATION_PORTS

Citation identifier

DOI:10.12770/59ab5f6f-79ea-425d-830e-be5ecdb7bdbe

Abstract

World list of seaports. In its 2021 version, the repository includes 13709 ports for 187 countries. The list of seaports has been drawn up on the basis of the information available in the European reference system of places used in the framework of the Common Fisheries Policy and, more particularly, by the Electronic Recording and Reporting System (ERS), the list of ports identified by the UNECE (2021-1). An assessment of the infrastructures present along the coastline made it possible to identify other ports that were not listed. Each geographical position has been verified with Google Earth in WGS84. Each port is associated with information relating to the country (ISO 3 coding), the UNECE or ERS 5-character coding, the name, the geographical position in WGS84 (latitude and longitude), the status of the port indicating whether it is referenced by Unece (UNECE), by the EU/ERS (ERS) or by both (UNECE/ERS) In case the port is not referenced by UNECE or ERS, the status is N/A. For French ports, the reference system integrates the ports of the French overseas departments and territories with the national codification. Inland ports have also been integrated in 2021.

Credit

Claude Merrien, IFREMER Lorient

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
IFREMER	Claude Merrien	Claude.Merrien@ifremer.fr	Author
IFREMER SIH		harmonie@ifremer.fr	Local service desk

Thèmes Sextant

• /Human Activities/Marine Structures/Ports

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

• Transport networks

Place

• Atlantic

• Mediterranean

• Black Sea

• Departments

• Territories

• Overseas

Theme

• Open data

Thématiques - SIMM

• /Uses and Human Activities/Shipping and Ports

Sous-regions marines

• /Metropolitan France/Bay of Biscay

• /Metropolitan France/Western Mediterranean

Use limitation

Données sous Licence Creative Commons - Attribution + Pas d’Utilisation Commerciale + Partage dans les mêmes conditions (BY-NC-SA) : http://creativecommons.fr/licences/

Access constraints

License

Use constraints

License

Spatial representation type

Vector

Denominator

100

Language

Français

Character set

UTF8

Topic category

• Structure

Reference system identifier

EPSG / WGS 84 (EPSG:4326) / 8.6

Geometric object type

Point

Distribution format

Name	Version

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
OGC:WFS	https://sextant.ifremer.fr/services/wfs/sih_referentiels	IFR_LOCATION_PORTS
OGC:WMS	https://sextant.ifremer.fr/services/wms/sih_referentiels	IFR_LOCATION_PORTS

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--metadata-URL	http://dx.doi.org/10.12770/59ab5f6f-79ea-425d-830e-be5ecdb7bdbe	DOI of the dataset

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Statement

List of referenced ports for the Atlantic, for the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. In its 2019 version, the reference table includes 8799 ports for 75 countries. The list of ports has been established from the information available in the "LOCATION 2.1" reference frame of the Electronic recording and reporting system (ERS), the list of ports identified by UNECE (2018-2). An expertise of the infrastructures present along the coast has made it possible to identify other ports not referenced. Each geographical position has been checked under Google Earth in WGS84. Each port is associated with country information, name, geographic position in wgs84 (latitude and longitude), port status indicating whether it is referenced by Unece and/or ERS, if applicable, its codification UNECE / ERS on 5 characters. For the French ports, the reference table integrates the ports of the Overseas departments and territories with the national codification.

Metadata

File identifier

59ab5f6f-79ea-425d-830e-be5ecdb7bdbe

Metadata language

English

Other language

Language	Character encoding
French	UTF8

Character set

UTF8

Parent identifier

Quartiers maritimes français et lieux d'immatriculation (version SIH)

077d7b2a-f2e2-454c-a0ef-9aa0705b852c

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Date stamp

2023-01-02T15:01:11.445Z

Metadata standard name

ISO 19115:2003/19139 - SEXTANT

Metadata standard version

1.0

Metadata author

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
IFREMER	Merrien Claude	Claude.Merrien@ifremer.fr	Local service desk