| Institute (website) | Route | Observed parameters | Period of operation | Frequency times per week | Shipping Company (website) | Ship name | Ship Type |
| BCCR, UiB | Bergen - Amsterdam | pCO2, T, S, Trb, Chl-a, pH | 2005 - today | weekly | Sea Cargo | M/S Trans Carrier | cargo ship |
| HZG (GKSS) | Büsum – Helgoland | T, S, DO, Chl-a, pH, Trb | 2008 - today | daily during summer time | Reederei Cassen Eils | MS Funny Girl | passenger ship |
| HZG (GKSS) | Cuxhaven – Chatham – Bilbao – Immingham - Moss | T, S, DO, Chl-a, pH, Trb, nutrients | 2007 - today | 14 days | DFDS Lys Line | LysBris | cargo ship |
| HZG (GKSS) | Cuxhaven - Harwich | T, S, DO, Chl-a, pH, Trb, nutrients | 2002 - 2005 | 6 - 7 times per week | DFDS A/S | Duchess of Scandinavia | car/passenger ferry |
| HZG (GKSS) | Cuxhaven – Helgoland | T, S, DO, Chl-a, pH, Trb | 2009 - today | 3 times/week autumn &winter | Reederei Cassen Eils | MS Funny Girl | passenger ship |
| HZG (GKSS) | Cuxhaven - Immingham | T, S, DO, Chl-a, pH, Trb, nutrients | 2006 - today | 3 - 4 times per week | DFDS TorLine | Tordania | Ro/Ro-ship |
| IMGW | Gdynia – Karlskrona | T, S, Trb, Chl-a, DO | 2008 - 2009 | every second day | Stena Line | Stena Balitica | car/passenger ferry |
| LOMI | Tallinn – Mariehamn – Stockholm | T, S, Trb, Chl-a | daily | Tallink | M/S Romantica | car/passenger ferry | |
| Marlab | Lerwick - Aberdeen | T, S, Trb, Chl-a | North Link Ferries | MV Hascosay | container ship | ||
| NIVA | Bergen - Stavanger - Hirtshals | T, S, Trb, Chl-a, nutrients (weekly samples) | 2008 - today | 3 times per week | Fjord Line | MS Bergenfjord | car/passenger ferry |
| NIVA | 36 locations from Bergen - Kirkenes | T, S, Trb, Chl-a, nutrients (weekly samples),irradiance, radiance, wind | 2006 - today | 1 week | Hurtigruten Group | MS Trollfjord | car/passenger ferry |
| NIVA | Kiel - Oslo | T, S, Trb, Chl-a, CDOM, cyanobacteria, nutrients (weekly samples), irradiance, radiance | 2008 - today | daily | Color Line | MS Color Fantasy | car/passenger ferry |
| NIVA | Tromsø, Bjørnøya, Longyearbyen, Ny, Alesund | T, S, Trb, Chl-a, nutrients (weekly samples), irradiance, radiance | 2008 - today | 1 week | Nb Norbjorn as | MS Nordbjorn | cargo ship |
| NOCS | Portsmouth - Bilbao | auto: T, S, Chl-a, Trb, O2, pCO2; (monthly samples nutrients, pigments, plankton, coccoliths) | 2002 - 2010 | 3 days | P&O Ferries | Pride of Bilbao | car/passenger ferry |
| NOCL | Birkenhead- Dublin | T, S, Chl-a, Trb | 2006 - today | 12 time/week | DFDS Seaways | Lagan Viking | car/passenger ferry |
| SMHI & SYKE | Gothenburg-Kemi-Oulu-Lübeck-Gothenburg | T, S, Trb, Chl-a,, Phycocyan, CDOM, DO, PAR, airPress, airTemp (phytoplankton, salinity, chl a, CDOM) | 2009 - today | 1 weeks | TransAtlantic AB | TransPaper | cargo Ship |
| SYKE | Helsinki - Mariehamn - Stockholm | T, S, Chl-a, Trb | daily | Tallink | SiljaSerenade | car/passenger ferry | |
| SYKE | Helsinki - Travemuende | T, S, Chl-a, nutrients | 1998 – today | daily | Finnlines OY | FinnMaid | Ro/Ro-passenger |
| TTU | Tallinn - Helsinki | T, S, Chl-a, nutrients (wkl sampl) | 1998 - today | daily | AS Tallink Grupp | MS Baltic Princess | passenger ship |
| Univ. Rhode Island | Esbjerg - Torshavn - Brimnes | T, S, Trb, Chl-a | Smyril Line | Norrøna | car/passenger ferry | ||
| Ifremer | Portsmouth - Santander - Plymouth - Roscoff - Cork | T, S, DO, chl-a, Trb, CDOM | 2011 - today | weekly | Brittany Ferries | Pont-Aven | car/passenger ferry |
| CNRS/INSU | Roscoff - Plymouth | T, S, DO, chl-a, Trb, CDOM | 2010 - today | daily | Brittany Ferries | Armorique | car/passenger ferry |
| IMR | Bergen - Kirkenes | T, S, chl-a fluorescence | 2006 - today | 11 day roundtrip | Hurtigruten Group | MS Vesterålen | car/passenger ferry |
| NIVA/MARLAB | Hirtshals - Torshavn - Seydisfjord | T, S | 2008 - today | Smyril Line | MS Norrøna | car/passenger ferry |