In connection with the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, DanPilot expected that traffic and thus the need for pilotage would decrease as the sanctions against Russia took effect. In reality, the number of pilotages has increased by 25 pct.
We expected that the war in Ukraine would lead to reduced traffic through Danish waters. It did not. Especially the Baltic countries started trading goods they had previously obtained from Russia, says pilot chief Niels Bergmann Rasmussen.