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7. Orders etc.

• 7.1 Order on summoning of pilots etc.
  7.2 Order concerning Navigation through the East Bridge and the West Bridge in Storebæ lt (the Great Belt)
  7.3 Order on Radio Reporting for Ships with an Air Draught exceeding 35 m Navigating through the Dredged Channel at Drogden in the Sound
  7.4 Resolution on navigation through the entrances to the Baltic Sea
  7.5 Resolution on the use of pilotage services in Sundet (the Sound)
  7.6 Order on the Use of Pilots in Danish Waters
  7.7 Promulgation Order on the Danish Pilotage Act (Part 3 – part 6)
  7.8 Order on compulsory pilotage for ships navigating interior and exterior Danish territorial waters
  7.9 Order on compulsory pilotage under tow in certain waters
  7.10 Order concerning passage of ships with draught of 13 metres or more to certain Danish harbours
  7.11 Order on the bunkering of ships in Danish territorial waters

7.1 Order on summoning of pilots etc.

In pursuance of Section 7 (4) and Section 23 (2) of the Danish Pilotage Act, cf. Consolidated Act no. 529 of 4 August 1989, the following provisions are laid down:

Section 1. Ordering a pilot at Danish pilot stations shall be to the relevant pilot station with the notice specified in Section 2. The order shall include information on:

1) the ship's name, call sign and IMO number,

2) the ship's GT, length, breadth and draught,

3) the ship's estimated time of arrival at the place from which pilotage is required,

4) the ship's speed, and

5) the place to which pilotage is required.

Section 2. For ships arriving from sea, the order shall be placed at least 6 hours before estimated arrival at the place from which pilotage is required, and confirmed or amended 1 hour before the estimated time of arrival, cf., however, Subsection 2.

Subsection 2. For transit pilotage through Route T from the waters around the Skaw to the waters around Bornholm or vice versa, the pilot shall, however, be ordered not less than 12 hours before the estimated time of arrival and confirmed or amended 3 hours before the estimated time of arrival.

Subsection. 3. For ships which must be piloted from harbour, berth or similar, the pilot shall be ordered not less than 4 hours before his services are required. Confirmation and any amendments shall be made not less than 1 hour before the estimated time of departure.

Section 3. The ship's master shall manoeuvre the ship so that the pilot can embark or disembark as quickly and safely as possible.

Subsection 2. If exceptional circumstances prevent the pilot from boarding, pilotage may be carried out from the pilot boat or from land.

Section 4. Unless prevented by exceptional circumstances, the ship's master shall take the pilot boat in tow during pilotage when the pilot so requests.

Section 5. During pilotage, the ship's master shall provide the pilot with all information of significance for the pilotage.

Section 6. Apart from the lights prescribed by international maritime regulations, a vessel carrying out pilotage shall fly a flag the top half of which is white and the bottom half is red. The vessel shall also fly its national flag.

Section 7. Violations of Sections 3-6 shall be punishable by fine.

Section 8. This order shall enter into force on 1 August 2002.

Subsection 2. Order no. 29 of 30 January 1985 on summoning of pilots etc. shall be repealed.
The Royal Danish Administration of Navigation and Hydrography, 4 July 2002

7.2 Order concerning Navigation through the East Bridge and the West Bridge in Storebæ lt (the Great Belt)

The Danish Maritime Authority, Order No. 55 of 28 January 1999

In pursuance of subsection (4) of section 5, and subsection (3) of section 6, of the promulgation of Safety of Navigation Act, Order No. 587 of 29th September, 1988, and after authorisation by Order No. 694 of 17th August, 1995, the following rules are laid down after consultation with the Ministry of Defence:

1. – This Order contains provisions for navigation, radio reporting, etc. in the area around the East Bridge and the West Bridge in Storebæ lt.

Chapter 1

Description of the Bridges
East Bridge spanning Ø sterrenden (the Eastern Channel)

2. – The East Bridge is a suspension bridge, which connects the Island of Sprogø and Sjæ lland.

The connection spans rest on two foundations on shore, two anchor blocks and 19 bridge piers, 12 towards Sjæ lland and 7 towards Sprogø. The bridge piers are numbered from 2 to 26 starting from Sjæ lland.

(2) In the navigation span between the two bridge towers (pylons), Nos. 16 and 17, a traffic separation scheme (Between Korsø r and Sprogø) is established. The free vertical clearance is 65 metres at mean sea level. The entrance to the Northbound and the southbound traffic routes is marked with a racon.

West Bridge spanning Vesterrenden (the Western Channel)

3. – The West Bridge is a low-level bridge connecting the islands of Fyn and Sprogø. It rests on 62 bridge piers. The shafts are numbered from 2 to 63, starting from Sprogø.

(2) The eastern navigation span for northbound traffic is established between piers 34 and 35, and the western navigation span for southbound traffic is established between piers 37 and 38. The two navigation spans, which are marked by racons, are separated by two unmarked bridge spans. The navigation spans have a width of 104 metres. Over a width of 70 metres around the centre of the navigation spans the free vertical clearance is 18 metres at mean sea level. Outside this profile the vertical clearance decreases to 16 metres at the piers.

(3) The vertical clearance of the bridge spans on each side of the navigation spans gradually decreases to 5.5 metres in the span closest to Sprogø and to 7.5 metres in the span closest til Fyn.

Chapter 2

Navigation Rules and Regulations
Ø sterrenden - Eastern Channel

4. – Vessels of 20 metres or more in length shall use the traffic lanes in the traffic separation scheme between Korsø r and Sprogø.

(2) Vessels of less than 20 metres in length and sailing vessels are recommended to avoid using the traffic lanes of the traffic separation scheme and instead to use the adjacent connection spans.

(3) Fishing is prohibited in the traffic lanes in the traffic separation scheme.

Vesterrenden - Western Channel

5. – Navigation through the West Bridge is only allowed for vessels of less than 1, 000 tons deadweight. Vessels of 1, 000 tons deadweight and upwards shall use the appropriate traffic lanes in the traffic separation scheme in the Eastern Channel.

(2) All vessels of 50 BT and upwards wishing to pass the West Bridge shall use the two marked navigation spans. Northbound vessels shall use the eastern navigation span and southbound vessels shall use the western navigation span.

(3) Anchoring and fishing is prohibited in the buoyed navigation lanes. This provision also applies to these lanes’ extension of 500 metres on the opposite side of the bridge.

(4) Navigation at right angles to the general direction of traffic flow is prohibited off the navigation spans and within a distance of 500 metres from the bridge.

(5) Attention is drawn to the fact that the current in the Western Channel does not usually run parallel to the general direction of traffic flow in the navigation spans.

Regulations in General

6. – Making fast to and anchoring under either of the bridges is prohibited.

Chapter 3