§ 123. Acceptance by inward bound vessel of pilot first offering.
§ 123. Acceptance by inward bound vessel of pilot first offering. The pilot who first offers services to any inward bound ship or vessel shall be entitled to take charge thereof, if the pilot’s license authorizes the pilot to pilot ships or vessels of such draught of water. Such pilot, if required, shall exhibit the […]
§ 126. Outward bound vessel to discharge pilot; penalty.
§ 126. Outward bound vessel to discharge pilot; penalty. Every master or commander of a ship or vessel outward bound shall remain 6 hours after arrival at the Capes to give to the pilot on board such ship or vessel an opportunity to be taken out. If the master or commander of such ship or […]
§ 130. Definitions.
§ 130. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Deep draft vessel” shall mean any vessel which by virtue of its draft is limited in its ability to navigate such that its navigation will be of extraordinary duration or will occasion its pilot extraordinary care or trouble. (2) “Piloting” is defined as the work of […]
§ 131. Pilotage rates.
§ 131. Pilotage rates. (a) For services rendered on and after January 1, 1990, the rates of pilotage for conducting a vessel from the Capes of the Delaware to a point on the Delaware River no further upriver than the Delair Railroad Bridge between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Delair, New Jersey, or from a point on […]
§ 132. Compensation of pilot carried to sea.
§ 132. Compensation of pilot carried to sea. If it happens that any pilot having a boat attending the pilot is carried to sea in any ship or vessel, contrary to the pilot’s inclinations, by stress of weather or other unavoidable accident, the master, owner or consignee of such ship or vessel shall pay to […]
§ 133. Compensation of pilot carried to other port.
§ 133. Compensation of pilot carried to other port. When any inward bound ship or vessel having a pilot on board is prevented by the ice or by any other cause from proceeding to any port on the Bay or River Delaware, and is compelled to proceed to some other port or place not in […]
§ 134. Compensation for extraordinary piloting services.
§ 134. Compensation for extraordinary piloting services. Any vessel which has suffered any casualty limiting the capabilities of its steering, propulsion or navigational equipment or which is otherwise limited by its speed, draft or other factor in its ability to navigate such that its navigation will be of extraordinary duration or will occasion its pilot […]
§ 135. Ships detained to discharge pilot; compensation.
§ 135. Ships detained to discharge pilot; compensation. When any ship or vessel having a pilot on board is detained by order of the master, owner or consignee of such vessel by quarantine or by ice and conducted by such pilot to a place of safety, the master of any such ship or vessel may […]
§ 136. Compensation for detention.
§ 136. Compensation for detention. Any pilot retained as pilot on a vessel inward bound to the Delaware Breakwater shall be allowed detention money at the rate of $100 for every 24 hours or any portion thereof that the pilot may have been retained, after the expiration of 24 hours from the time the anchor […]
§ 137. Legal fee limits; penalty.
§ 137. Legal fee limits; penalty. No licensed pilot shall demand, ask or receive, for any pilotage of any vessel or for any other services for which compensation is fixed by law, a greater sum than is authorized by this chapter. The Board of Pilot Commissioners, whenever it has been satisfactorily proven to it that […]