PRINTER'S NO. 2890
No. 2194 Session of 1998
INTRODUCED BY CIVERA, RYAN, LLOYD, PERZEL, GANNON, ADOLPH, COY,
BOYES, CORRIGAN, RAYMOND, KELLER AND LEDERER,
FEBRUARY 4, 1998
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE,
FEBRUARY 4, 1998
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 providing for 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 to
13 establish a board of wardens for the Port of Philadelphia, and
14 for the regulation of pilots and pilotage, and for other
15 purposes,' approved March twenty-ninth, one thousand eight
16 hundred and three, and for regulating the rates of pilotage and
17 number of pilots," further providing for rates of pilotage; and
18 specifying fees for certain services, amended June 1, 1995
19 (P.L.46, No.6), are amended to read:
20 Section 3.1. For services rendered on and after January 1,
1 1990, retroactively, the rates of pilotage for conducting a
2 vessel from the Capes of the Delaware to a place on the Delaware
3 River or Bay no further upriver than the Delair Railroad Bridge
4 between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Delair, New Jersey or
5 from a place on the river Delaware no further upriver than the
6 Delair Railroad Bridge between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and
7 Delair, New Jersey, to the Capes of the Delaware, in either
8 case, shall be computed as follows:
9 (a) A charge, to be known as a unit charge, will be made for
10 each pilotage, determined by length overall (in feet) multiplied
11 by the extreme breadth (in feet) of the vessel, divided by one
12 hundred.
13 (a.1) For the purposes of this act, the following
14 definitions shall be applied:
15 "Extreme breadth" shall be the maximum breadth between the
16 outside of the shell platings of the vessel.
17 "Length overall" shall be the distance between the forward
18 and after extremities of the vessel.
19 "Measurements" shall be in feet and inches (United States).
20 Inches shall be converted as follows:
21 1" = .1 4" = .3 7" = .6 10" = .8
22 2" = .2 5" = .4 8" = .7 11" = .9
23 3" = .3 6" = .5 9" = .8
24 (b) The charges per unit shall be as follows:
25 [(i) Effective January 1, 1995................$5.32 per unit
26 (ii) Effective January 1, 1996................$5.75 per unit
27 (iii) Effective January 1, 1997...............$6.21 per unit
28 (iv) Effective January 1, 1998...............$6.58 per unit]
29 (i) Effective January 1, 1998.................$6.58 per unit
30 (ii) Effective January 1, 1999................$6.97 per unit
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1 (iii) Effective January 1, 2000...............$7.39 per unit
2 (iv) Effective January 1, 2001................$7.83 per unit
3 (c) There shall be a minimum charge of two hundred units and
4 a maximum charge of one thousand two hundred units.
5 Section 3.2. That every ship or vessel bound to the Delaware
6 breakwater for orders shall be obliged to receive a pilot,
7 provided she is spoken or a pilot offers his services, outside
8 of a straight line drawn from Cape Henlopen Light to Cape May
9 Light, and every ship or vessel bound to the breakwater for
10 orders shall pay pilotage fees as follows: A sum equal to half
11 the pilotage to the Port of Philadelphia, and she shall be
12 obliged to take a pilot and pay the same pilotage fees when
13 outward bound, from the breakwater, and if such ship or vessel,
14 without discharging her pilot, proceed to the Port of
15 Philadelphia or any other port or place on the bay or river
16 Delaware, only one full pilotage fee as fixed by section 3.1 of
17 this act, for the entire service, in addition to the fee for
18 detention: Provided, however, That if the pilot bringing such
19 ship or vessel to the breakwater be there discharged, and the
20 ship or vessel afterward proceed to Philadelphia or any other
21 port or place on the bay or river Delaware, she shall make the
22 usual signal for a pilot and continue to make such signal till
23 reaching Brandywine Light, and if spoken by, or offered the
24 services of, a duly licensed Pennsylvania pilot before reaching
25 Brandywine Light, shall be obliged to employ such pilot and pay
26 him for services rendered on and after the effective date of
27 this act, a charge computed as follows:
28 (a) A charge, to be known as a unit charge, will be made for
29 each pilotage, determined by length overall (in feet) multiplied
30 by the extreme breadth (in feet) of the vessel, divided by one
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1 hundred.
2 (a.1) For the purposes of this act, the following
3 definitions shall be applied:
4 "Extreme breadth" shall be the maximum breadth between the
5 outside of the shell platings of the vessel.
6 "Length overall" shall be the distance between the forward
7 and after extremities of the vessel.
8 "Measurements" shall be in feet and inches (United States).
9 Inches shall be converted as follows:
10 1" = .1 4" = .3 7" = .6 10" = .8
11 2" = .2 5" = .4 8" = .7 11" = .9
12 3" = .3 6" = .5 9" = .8
13 (b) The charges per unit shall be as follows:
14 [(i) Effective January 1, 1995................$5.32 per unit
15 (ii) Effective January 1, 1996................$5.75 per unit
16 (iii) Effective January 1, 1997...............$6.21 per unit
17 (iv) Effective January 1, 1998...............$6.58 per unit]
18 (i) Effective January 1, 1998.................$6.58 per unit
19 (ii) Effective January 1, 1999................$6.97 per unit
20 (iii) Effective January 1, 2000...............$7.39 per unit
21 (iv) Effective January 1, 2001................$7.83 per unit
22 (c) There shall be a minimum charge of two hundred units and
23 a maximum charge of one thousand two hundred units.
24 Section 2. Section 3.3 of the act, amended June 23, 1993
25 (P.L.111, No.26), is amended to read:
26 Section 3.3. The following charges are hereby authorized for
27 the services stated:
28 [(1) Ship communication charge:
29 Vessels transiting the Delaware River,
30 effective January 1, 1993......................... $50.00
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1 (2) Transporting vessels in the Delaware:
2 Philadelphia (or other place) to Marcus Hook... 355.00
3 Philadelphia (or other place) below Marcus
4 Hook.............................................. 355.00
5 Philadelphia Harbor to Torresdale.............. 355.00
6 Philadelphia Harbor to any place above
7 Torresdale........................................ 430.00
8 (3) Extra services:
9 Swing ship to adjust magnetic compass.......... 100.00
10 Swing ship to calibrate direction finder....... 100.00
11 Vessels anchoring below Brown Shoal in excess
12 of three hours awaiting flood tide for transiting
13 river channel..................................... 175.00
14 Carried to/from Baltimore...................... 175.00
15 Carried to/from Norfolk........................ 350.00
16 Carried to/from New York....................... 350.00]
17 (1) Ship communication charge:
18 Vessels transiting the Delaware River.......... $100.00
19 (2) Transporting vessels in the Delaware:
20 Philadelphia (or other place) to Marcus Hook... 500.00
21 Philadelphia (or other place) below Marcus
22 Hook.............................................. 500.00
23 Philadelphia Harbor to Torresdale.............. 500.00
24 Philadelphia Harbor to any place above
25 Torresdale........................................ 700.00
26 (3) Extra services:
27 Swing ship to adjust magnetic compass.......... 200.00
28 Swing ship to calibrate direction finder....... 200.00
29 Vessels anchoring below Brown Shoal in excess
30 of three hours awaiting flood tide for transiting
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1 river channel..................................... 250.00
2 Carried to/from Baltimore...................... 175.00
3 Carried to/from Norfolk........................ 500.00
4 Carried to/from New York....................... 500.00
5 Vessels entering the Capes for anchorage at the Breakwater for
6 other than tide shall pay one-half pilotage in and one-half
7 pilotage out.
8 (4) Chesapeake and Delaware Canal:
9 Vessels transiting the Chesapeake and Delaware
10 Canal:
11 Vessels with a length overall of less than 650
12 feet.............................................. 650.00
13 Vessels with a length overall of 650 feet or
14 more.............................................. 750.00
15 [(5) Cancellation of sailing orders:
16 Cancellation charge............................ 75.00]
17 (5) Cancellation of sailing orders:
18 Cancellation charge............................ 200.00
19 Any time a pilot is dispatched for sailing and the trip or
20 movement is canceled, for reason other than weather, the
21 vessel shall be subject to this charge, except when the Pilot
22 Office is notified as follows:
23 All piers north of Hog Island - 1 1/2 hours before sailing
24 time.
25 All piers north of Paulsboro - 2 hours before sailing time.
26 All piers south of the above - 3 hours before sailing time.
27 (6) Finance charge:
28 A finance charge not to exceed one and one-half per centum
29 per month or fraction thereof may be assessed against all
30 invoices outstanding more than forty-five days after the billing
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1 date, and the cost of attorney fees on any amount placed with an
2 attorney for collection may also be charged.
3 Section 3. The amendment of section 3.3 of the act shall
4 apply on and after January 1, 1999.
5 Section 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
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