55 Pa. Stat. § 173.2

Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-95

Section 173.2 - Pilotage fees; unit charge

That every ship or vessel bound to the Delaware breakwater for orders shall be obliged to receive a pilot, provided she is spoken or a pilot offers his services, outside of a straight line drawn from Cape Henlopen Light to Cape May 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 ship or vessel to the breakwater be there discharged, and the ship or vessel afterward proceed to Philadelphia or any other port or place on the bay or river Delaware, she shall make the usual signal for a pilot and continue to make such signal till 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 definitions shall be applied:

"Extreme breadth" shall be the maximum breadth between the outside of the shell platings of the vessel.

"Length overall" shall be the distance between the forward and after extremities of the vessel.

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

Inches shall be converted as follows:

1" =.1	4" =.3	7" =.6	10" =.8
2" =.2	5" =.4	8" =.7	11" =.9
3" =.3	6" =.5	9" =.8

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

(xi) Effective January 1, 2022............. $14.91 per unit

(xii) Effective January 1, 2023............ $15.66 per unit

(xiii) Effective January 1, 2024........... $16.44 per unit

(xiv) Effective January 1, 2025............ $17.26 per unit

(c) There shall be a minimum charge of two hundred units and a maximum unit charge as follows:

(xi) Effective January 1, 2022............. 1,550 units

(xii) Effective January 1, 2023............ 1,550 units

(xiii) Effective January 1, 2024........... 1,550 units

(xiv) Effective January 1, 2025............ 1,550 units

55 P.S. § 173.2

Amended by P.L. TBD 2022 No. 39, § 1, eff. 9/6/2022.

Amended by P.L. TBD 2019 No. 26, § 1, eff. 8/27/2019.

Amended by P.L. TBD 2016 No. 148, § 1, eff. 1/3/2017.

1889, May 11, P.L. 188, § 3.2, added 1977 , Dec. 23, P.L. 354, No. 108, § 2, imd. effective. Amended 1981 , April 3, P.L. 4, No. 2, § 2, imd. effective; 1984 , March 19, P.L. 135, No. 25, § 1, imd. effective; 1987 , June 22, P.L. 27, No. 12, § 1, imd. effective; 1990, June 13, P.L. 232, No. 52, §1, imd. effective; 1993 , June 23, P.L. 111, No. 26, § 1, effective in 60 days; 1995, June 1, P.L. 46, No. 6, §1, imd. effective; 1998 , May 15, P.L. 447, No. 62, § 1, imd. effective; 2001, May 17, P.L. 96, No. 10, § 1, effective in 60 days; 2004, June 28, P.L. 449, No. 47, §1, effective 8/27/2004; 2007, June 30, P.L. 63, No. 19, §1, effective in 60 days [ 8/29/2007]; 2010, Oct. 7, P.L. 502, No. 71, §1, effective in 60 days [ 12/6/2010].