PRINTER'S NO. 1946
No. 1472 Session of 1990
INTRODUCED BY BELL, FUMO, SALVATORE, LOEPER, LYNCH, LEWIS AND
WILLIAMS, FEBRUARY 13, 1990
REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE,
FEBRUARY 13, 1990
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of May 11, 1889 (P.L.188, No.210), entitled "A
2 further supplement to an act, entitled 'An act to establish a
3 board of wardens for the Port of Philadelphia, and for the
4 regulation of pilots and pilotage, and for other purposes,'
5 approved March twenty-ninth, one thousand eight hundred and
6 three, and for regulating the rates of pilotage and number of
7 pilots," further regulating the rates of pilotage; and
8 specifying fees for certain services.
9 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10 hereby enacts as follows:
11 Section 1. Sections 3.1 and 3.2 of the act of May 11, 1889
12 (P.L.188, No.210), entitled "A further supplement to an act,
13 entitled 'An act to establish a board of wardens for the Port of
14 Philadelphia, and for the regulation of pilots and pilotage, and
15 for other purposes,' approved March twenty-ninth, one thousand
16 eight hundred and three, and for regulating the rates of
17 pilotage and number of pilots," amended June 22, 1987 (P.L.27,
18 No.12), are amended to read:
19 Section 3.1. For services rendered on and after January 1,
20 [1987] 1990, retroactively, the rates of pilotage for conducting
1 a vessel from the Capes of the Delaware to a place on the river
2 Delaware no further upriver than the Delair Railroad Bridge
3 between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Delair, New Jersey or
4 from a place on the river Delaware no further upriver than the
5 Delair Railroad Bridge between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and
6 Delair, New Jersey, to the Capes of the Delaware, in either
7 case, shall be computed as follows:
8 (a) A charge, to be known as a unit charge, will be made for
9 each pilotage, determined by length overall (in feet) multiplied
10 by the extreme breadth (in feet) of the vessel, divided by one
11 hundred.
12 (a.1) For the purposes of this act, the following
13 definitions shall be applied:
14 "Extreme breadth" shall be the maximum breadth between the
15 outside of the shell platings of the vessel.
16 "Length overall" shall be the distance between the forward
17 and after extremities of the vessel.
18 "Measurements" shall be in feet and inches (United States).
19 Inches shall be converted as follows:
20 1" = .1 4" = .3 7" = .6 10" = .8
21 2" = .2 5" = .4 8" = .7 11" = .9
22 3" = .3 6" = .5 9" = .8
23 (b) The charges per unit shall be as follows:
24 (i) [Three dollars and sixty-nine cents from January 1,
25 1987, retroactively, through December 31, 1987] Four dollars and
26 thirty cents from January 1, 1990, retroactively, through
27 December 31, 1990.
28 (ii) [Three dollars and eighty-seven cents from January 1,
29 1988, through December 31, 1988] Four dollars and fifty-two
30 cents from January 1, 1991, through December 31, 1991.
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1 (iii) [Four dollars and six cents] Four dollars and seventy-
2 four cents thereafter.
3 (c) There shall be a minimum charge of [three hundred] two
4 hundred units and a maximum charge of [one thousand one hundred]
5 one thousand two hundred units.
6 Section 3.2. That every ship or vessel bound to the Delaware
7 breakwater for orders shall be obliged to receive a pilot,
8 provided she is spoken or a pilot offers his services, outside
9 of a straight line drawn from Cape Henlopen Light to Cape May
10 Light, and every ship or vessel bound to the breakwater for
11 orders shall pay pilotage fees as follows: A sum equal to half
12 the pilotage to the Port of Philadelphia, and she shall be
13 obliged to take a pilot and pay the same pilotage fees when
14 outward bound, from the breakwater, and if such ship or vessel,
15 without discharging her pilot, proceed to the Port of
16 Philadelphia or any other port or place on the bay or river
17 Delaware, only one full pilotage fee as fixed by section 3.1 of
18 this act, for the entire service, in addition to the fee for
19 detention: Provided, however, That if the pilot bringing such
20 ship or vessel to the breakwater be there discharged, and the
21 ship or vessel afterward proceed to Philadelphia or any other
22 port or place on the bay or river Delaware, she shall make the
23 usual signal for a pilot and continue to make such signal till
24 reaching Brandywine Light, and if spoken by, or offered the
25 services of, a duly licensed Pennsylvania pilot before reaching
26 Brandywine Light, shall be obliged to employ such pilot and pay
27 him for services rendered on and after the effective date of
28 this act, a charge computed as follows:
29 (a) A charge, to be known as a unit charge, will be made for
30 each pilotage, determined by length overall (in feet) multiplied
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1 by the extreme breadth (in feet) of the vessel, divided by one
2 hundred.
3 (a.1) For the purposes of this act, the following
4 definitions shall be applied:
5 "Extreme breadth" shall be the maximum breadth between the
6 outside of the shell platings of the vessel.
7 "Length overall" shall be the distance between the forward
8 and after extremities of the vessel.
9 "Measurements" shall be in feet and inches (United States).
10 Inches shall be converted as follows:
11 1" = .1 4" = .3 7" = .6 10" = .8
12 2" = .2 5" = .4 8" = .7 11" = .9
13 3" = .3 6" = .5 9" = .8
14 (b) The charges per unit shall be as follows:
15 (i) [Three dollars and sixty-nine cents from January 1,
16 1987, retroactively, through December 31, 1987] Four dollars and
17 thirty cents from January 1, 1990, retroactively, through
18 December 31, 1990.
19 (ii) [Three dollars and eighty-seven cents from January 1,
20 1988, through December 31, 1988] Four dollars and fifty-two
21 cents from January 1, 1991, through December 31, 1991.
22 (iii) [Four dollars and six cents] Four dollars and seventy-
23 four cents thereafter.
24 (c) There shall be a minimum charge of [three hundred] two
25 hundred units and a maximum charge of [one thousand one hundred]
26 one thousand two hundred units.
27 Section 2. The act is amended by adding a section to read:
28 Section 3.3. The following charges are hereby authorized for
29 the services stated:
30 (1) Ship communication charge:
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1 Vessels transiting the Delaware River.......... $ 35.00
2 (2) Transporting vessels in the Delaware:
3 Philadelphia (or other place) to Marcus Hook... 355.00
4 Philadelphia (or other place) below Marcus
5 Hook.............................................. 355.00
6 Philadelphia Harbor to Torresdale.............. 355.00
7 Philadelphia Harbor to any place above
8 Torresdale........................................ 430.00
9 (3) Extra services:
10 Swing ship to adjust magnetic compass.......... 100.00
11 Swing ship to calibrate direction finder....... 100.00
12 Vessels anchoring below Brown Shoal in excess
13 of three hours awaiting flood tide for transiting
14 river channel..................................... 175.00
15 Carried to/from Baltimore...................... 175.00
16 Carried to/from Norfolk........................ 350.00
17 Carried to/from New York....................... 350.00
18 Vessels entering the Capes for anchorage at the Breakwater for
19 other than tide shall pay one-half pilotage in and one-half
20 pilotage out.
21 (4) Chesapeake and Delaware Canal:
22 Vessels transiting the Chesapeake and Delaware
23 Canal:
24 Vessels with a length overall of less than 650
25 feet.............................................. 650.00
26 Vessels with a length overall of 650 feet or
27 more.............................................. 750.00
28 (5) Cancellation of sailing orders:
29 Cancellation charge............................ 75.00
30 Any time a pilot is dispatched for sailing and the trip or
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1 movement is canceled, for reason other than weather, the
2 vessel shall be subject to this charge, except when the Pilot
3 Office is notified as follows:
4 All piers north of Hog Island - 1 1/2 hours before sailing
5 time.
6 All piers north of Paulsboro - 2 hours before sailing time.
7 All piers south of the above - 3 hours before sailing time.
8 (6) Finance charge:
9 A finance charge not to exceed one and one-half per centum
10 per month or fraction thereof may be assessed against all
11 invoices outstanding more than forty-five days after the billing
12 date, and the cost of attorney fees on any amount placed with an
13 attorney for collection may also be charged.
14 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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