Pennsylvania Act 1993-26 — PORT OF PHILADELPHIA - AMEND RATE OF PILOTAGE

Act text

Session of 1993

No. 1993-26

SB 502

AN ACT

Amending the act of May 11, 1889 (P.L.188, No.210), entitled "A further supplement to an act, entitled 'An act to establish a board of wardens for the Port of Philadelphia, and for the regulation of pilots and pilotage, and for other purposes,' 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.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Sections 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3(1) of the act of May 11, 1889 (P.L.188, No.210), entitled "A further supplement to an act, entitled 'An act to establish a board of wardens for the Port of Philadelphia, and for the regulation of pilots and pilotage, and for other purposes,' approved March twenty-ninth, one thousand eight hundred and three, and for regulating the rates of pilotage and number of pilots," amended or added June 13, 1990 (P.L.232, No.52), are amended to read:

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 [river] 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 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).

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

[(i) Four dollars and thirty cents from January 1, 1990, retroactively, through December 31, 1990.

(ii) Four dollars and fifty-two cents from January 1, 1991, through December 31, 1991.

(iii) Four dollars and seventy-four cents thereafter.]

(c) There shall be a minimum charge of two hundred units and a maximum charge of one thousand two hundred units.

Section 3.2. 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).

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

[(i) Four dollars and thirty cents from January 1, 1990, retroactively, through December 31, 1990.

(ii) Four dollars and fifty-two cents from January 1, 1991, through December 31, 1991.

(iii) Four dollars and seventy-four cents thereafter.]

(c) There shall be a minimum charge of two hundred units and a maximum charge of one thousand two hundred units.

Section 3.3. The following charges are hereby authorized for the services stated:

(1) Ship communication charge:

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Section 2. Section 5 of the act is repealed.

Section 3. The amendment of section 3.3(1) of the act shall apply retroactively to January 1, 1993.

Section 4. This act shall take effect in 60 days.

APPROVED--The 23rd day of June, A. D. 1993.

MARK S. SINGEL

ACTING GOVERNOR