FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin OCIMF has issued guidelines for large ships transiting the Danish Straits through the Great Belt to enhance navigational safety, ensure proper bridge and engine room preparedness, and reduce the risk of incidents in these confined and high-traffic waters. Recommendations for transiting the Danish Straits As informed, mariners passing through the Danish Straits via the Great Belt – the western, deeper strait – face challenging navigational conditions, including water depth, currents, climatic conditions and traffic density. These conditions can be minimized through good organizational and navigational planning. Key recommendations issued by OCIMF include the following: RelatedNews New report says one-size-fits-all biofouling strategies fall short Marine lubricants: A hidden seaworthiness risk var jnews_module_21365684_0_6a04224ce22ce = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21365684","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"263,156,480,528,719","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","paginat