THE SPATIAL STRUCTURE OF BALTIC SEA FERRY SERVICES

Ferry services are transport systems whose regular routes link areas separated by water bodies. Sometimes ferries the only connection between an island and mainland. In Baltic Sea, such situations not rare. A typical example is of Saaremaa. Ferries backbone cargo passenger traffic in Sea region. This article aims to describe spatial structure ferry Sea. To this end, a statistical database on 101 created car each calculated using original methodology, which can be applied analysing other regions. account for over half all European ferry-borne traffic. The stands out its unusually long routes, sustain timber exports. Most cargoes region originate from Sweden.