PRINTER'S NO. 2052

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

1352

Session of

2015

INTRODUCED BY McGARRIGLE, GREENLEAF, YUDICHAK AND RAFFERTY,

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE,

approved March twenty-ninth, one thousand eight hundred and

three, and for regulating the rates of pilotage and number of

pilots," further providing for rates of pilotage and

computation, for pilotage fees and unit charge and for

charges for services.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Sections 3.1 and 3.2 of the act of May 11, 1889

(P.L.188, No.210), entitled "A further supplement to an act,

entitled 'A further supplement to establish a board of wardens

Section 3.1. For services rendered on and after January 1,

1990, retroactively, the rates of pilotage for conducting a

vessel from the Capes of the Delaware to a place on the Delaware

River or Bay no further upriver than the Delair Railroad Bridge

between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Delair, New Jersey, or

from a place on the river Delaware no further upriver than the

Delair Railroad Bridge between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and

Delair, New Jersey, to the Capes of the Delaware, in either

case, shall be computed as follows:

(a) A charge, to be known as a unit charge, will be made for

each pilotage, determined by length overall (in feet) multiplied

"Length overall" shall be the distance between the forward

and after extremities of the vessel.

"Measurements" shall be in feet and inches (United States).

(b) The charges per unit shall be as follows:

[(i) Effective January 1, 2013.............. $12.86 per unit

(ii) Effective January 1, 2014............. $13.25 per unit

(vii) Effective January 1, 2018............ $14.19 per unit

(viii) Effective January 1, 2019........... $14.47 per unit

(c) There shall be a minimum charge of two hundred units and

a maximum unit charge as follows:

[(i) Effective January 1, 2013.............. 1,400 units

(ii) Effective January 1, 2014............. 1,400 units

(iii) Effective January 1, 2015............ 1,400 units

(iv) Effective January 1, 2016............. 1,400 units]

(v) Effective January 1, 2016.............. 1,400 units

(vi) Effective January 1, 2017.............. 1,450 units

Light, and every ship or vessel bound to the breakwater for

orders shall pay pilotage fees as follows: A sum equal to half

the pilotage to the Port of Philadelphia, and she shall be

obliged to take a pilot and pay the same pilotage fees when

outward bound, from the breakwater, and if such ship or vessel,

without discharging her pilot, proceed to the Port of

Philadelphia or any other port or place on the bay or river

Delaware, only one full pilotage fee as fixed by section 3.1 of

this act, for the entire service, in addition to the fee for

detention: Provided, however, That if the pilot bringing such

reaching Brandywine Light, and if spoken by, or offered the

services of, a duly licensed Pennsylvania pilot before reaching

Brandywine Light, shall be obliged to employ such pilot and pay

him for services rendered on and after the effective date of

this act, a charge computed as follows:

(a) A charge, to be known as a unit charge, will be made for

each pilotage, determined by length overall (in feet) multiplied

by the extreme breadth (in feet) of the vessel, divided by one

hundred.

(a.1) For the purposes of this act, the following

(b) The charges per unit shall be as follows:

[(i) Effective January 1, 2013.............. $12.86 per unit

(ii) Effective January 1, 2014............. $13.25 per unit

(iii) Effective January 1, 2015............ $13.64 per unit

(iv) Effective January 1, 2016............. $14.05 per unit]

(v) Effective January 1, 2016.............. $14.05 per unit

a maximum unit charge as follows:

[(i) Effective January 1, 2013.............. 1,400 units

(ii) Effective January 1, 2014............. 1,400 units

(iii) Effective January 1, 2015............ 1,400 units

(iv) Effective January 1, 2016............. 1,400 units]

(v) Effective January 1, 2016.............. 1,400 units

(vi) Effective January 1, 2017.............. 1,450 units

(vii) Effective January 1, 2018............. 1,500 units

(viii) Effective January 1, 2019............ 1,500 units

Section 2. Section 3.3 of the act, amend June 10, 2013

[Philadelphia (or other place) to Marcus Hook.. 750.00]

Philadelphia (or other place) to Marcus Hook... 800.00

[Philadelphia (or other place) below Marcus

Hook.............................................. 750.00]

Philadelphia (or other place) below Marcus Hook 800.00

[Philadelphia Harbor to

Torresdale..............

750.00]

Philadelphia Harbor to Torresdale.............. 800.00

[Philadelphia Harbor to any place above

Torresdale........................................ 1,000.00]

Swing ship to calibrate direction finder....... 300.00

Vessels anchoring below Brown Shoal in excess

of three hours awaiting flood tide for transiting

river channel..................................... 450.00

Carried to/from Baltimore...................... 600.00

Carried to/from Norfolk........................ 1,000.00

Carried to/from New York....................... 1,000.00

Vessels entering the Capes for anchorage at the Breakwater for

other than tide shall pay one-half pilotage in and one-half

pilotage out.

more.............................................. 1,500.00

(5) Cancellation of sailing orders:

Cancellation charge............................ 600.00

Any time a pilot is dispatched for sailing and the trip or

movement is canceled, for reason other than weather, the vessel

shall be subject to this charge, except when the Pilot Office is

notified as follows:

All piers north of Hog Island - 1 1/2 hours before sailing

time.

All piers north of Paulsboro - 2 hours before sailing time.

outstanding more than thirty days after the billing date, and

the cost of attorney fees on any amount placed with an attorney

for collection may also be charged.

Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.