Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS
Part LXX - River Pilots
Subpart 4 - Board of River Port Pilot Commissioners and Examiners
Chapter 91 - Calcasieu River Waterway River Port Pilots
Section LXX-9121 - Traffic Guidelines

A. Efficient and safe pilotage area traffic movement is dependent upon pilots exercising good professional skill and judgment with respect to visibility, vessel draft, vessel speed, state of tide, wind speed and direction, channel depth, direction and speed of currents, individual vessel maneuvering characteristics, presence of other vessels, and width of channel. Systemic controls may be established and published only after consultation with the Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District.

B. Meeting and passing situations involving two vessels with combined beams exceeding 50 percent of the available channel width shall be restricted, unless both involved pilots agree that conditions are such that meeting or passing can be accomplished safely.

C. In fog, or any condition that restricts visibility, vessels will not normally be moved until conditions improve to a point where one-mile visibility is available, throughout the route to be transited.

D. All vessels transiting the channel must be ballasted to a condition that keeps the propeller and rudder submerged to a sufficient degree to maintain control of the vessel.

E. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) vessels transiting within the pilotage area shall be piloted in accordance with the current U. S. Coast Guard Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Vessel Management and Emergency Plan promulgated by the cognizant USCG Captain of the Port. Safety Zones and/or Regulated Navigation Area (RNA) requirements may, from time to time, be established and published at 33 CFR 165.

F. The board recognizes and supports the aforementioned traffic guidelines.