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This Guide provides navigators with details of recommended routes, routeing measures and reporting systems when passing through this restricted sea area.
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This publication is an essential resource for ships navigating the Danish Straits and provides guidance to aid Masters and navigating officers in the creation of passage plans for the transit.
The guidance applies in either direction through the Straits via the Great Belt and the Sound and includes an overview of the navigational references for each leg of the routes.
In cooperation with DanPilot and BIMCO, this new 2025 edition has been fully revised to incorporate the latest guidance and practical advice for ships transiting the region, with reference to important information such as pilotage, anchorages, reporting requirements and traffic. The sea areas from Skagen to Bornholm act as the entrance to the Baltic Sea for ships coming from the North Sea. The entrance to the Western Baltic is characterised by narrow channels and shallow water. The entire Baltic Sea is shallow, with an average depth of around 50 m. The reduced room to manoeuvre and high concentrations of traffic in the region have historically presented ships with an elevated risk of collision and grounding.
The guidance applies in either direction through the Straits via the Great Belt and the Sound and includes an overview of the navigational references for each leg of the routes.
In cooperation with DanPilot and BIMCO, this new 2025 edition has been fully revised to incorporate the latest guidance and practical advice for ships transiting the region, with reference to important information such as pilotage, anchorages, reporting requirements and traffic. The sea areas from Skagen to Bornholm act as the entrance to the Baltic Sea for ships coming from the North Sea. The entrance to the Western Baltic is characterised by narrow channels and shallow water. The entire Baltic Sea is shallow, with an average depth of around 50 m. The reduced room to manoeuvre and high concentrations of traffic in the region have historically presented ships with an elevated risk of collision and grounding.
In recognition of the physical constraints of the region, and the risks they present to shipping, the IMO has long recognised that special recommendations and routeing measures need to be in place at the entrance to the Baltic Sea. In 2020, additional recommendations and routeing measures were implemented to further reduce the risks to shipping, prompting the first edition of this Guide.
The purpose of this Guide is to provide navigators with the details of recommended routes, routeing measures and reporting systems when passing through this restricted sea area. The information has been supplemented by expert guidance on confronting the particular difficulties presented by traffic, water flow and weather patterns from pilots who operate in the region.
Whether following the shallowest route through the Sound (Øresund), or the deeper routes through the Great Belt (Storebælt), all ships are recommended to carry a Danish licensed pilot. All ships should be aware of the shallow water conditions on each of these routes and the effect the weather may have in reducing the available depth of water.
This Guide aims to provide navigators with the information they need to support the pilot during their transit through this region.
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If you live in a remote area, a ‘remote area surcharge’ may be applicable when booking your order on with a courier service for dispatch. A remote area surcharge is an additional fee that is added by a courier service for delivery to a remote location. We will always contact you about this should it ever happen, as it is not a fee that applies during the checkout phase of the online ordering process, but you will be expected to pay it should you wish to receive your order.
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