Pilots speaks up to Copenhagen Port
SHIPPING: Danish Pilots encourages Copenhagen Port to recommend the large cruise ships to bring a pilot on board when visiting Copenhagen. This is an initiative taken after two cruise ships have gone aground at Copenhagen in a short period of time.
Danish Pilots point to the inexpedient fact that Copenhagen Port is marketed with no requirement of piloting for cruise ships with Copenhagen as destination.
Thus 600 passengers got an extra holiday experience on the 10th of May, when the cruise ship Zenith, went aground in the Sound. Later that week the cruise ship Astor went aground at departure from quay 117.
According to Danish Pilots, these events are caused by navigation errors and a lack of knowledge of local waters. The ships going aground could have been avoided if the ships had followed the IMO recommendations about taking a pilot aboard when sailing the Sound.
Source: maritimedanmark.dk