1. A vessel that is towed shall use a pilot in excavated channels and buoyaged fairways leading into or past harbours.

2. If the towed vessel is unmanned or if it cannot be propelled by its own engine power, the towing vessel shall use a pilot.

3. A vessel which must use a pilot in pursuance of subsections (1) and (2) shall be exempted from this obligation if

1. the gross tonnage of the towed vessel is less than 150;
2. the length (LOA) of the towed vessel is less than 28 metres; or
3. the vessel is towed or towing within the same harbour area

2. A vessel that in pursuance of the Danish Pilotage Act or this Executive Order shall use a pilot and

1. is destined for a Danish port
2. shall reload to or from an other vessel in Danish territorial waters (STS-operations), or
3. wishes to anchor in Danish territorial waters
   
   are not subjected to section 6 in the Danish Pilotage Act on exemption from the duty to use a pilot.
   (2) Subsection (1) shall not apply in the waters mentioned in Section 13, subsection (1), nos 1-5.

1. Vessels with a draught of more than 3.1 metres shall use a pilot when passing the extended channels at Draget and Mejlgrunden and across Løgstør Grunde.
2. In the event of material sanding up of the channel across Løgstør Grunde, vessels with a draught of more than 2.8 metres shall use a pilot when passing the channel.
3. Sanding up of the channels will be announced in "Efterretninger for Søfarende” (Notices to Mariners).

1. Vessels with a length (LOA) of 60 metres or more; and
2. vessels with a draught of 3.5 metres or more.

1. Along the stretch between Gabet and Odense Harbour and in connection with shifts inside the area of Odense Harbour the following vessels shall use a pilot:
1. Vessels with a length (LOA) of 70 metres or more; and
2. Vessels with a width of more than 11 metres.

2. Along the stretch between Gabet and Lindø the following vessels must use a pilot:

1. Vessels with a length (LOA) of 100 metres or more; and
2. Vessels with a width of 15 metres or more.