Code of Massachusetts Regulations
995 CMR - PILOT COMMISSIONERS: DISTRICT ONE
Title 995 CMR 2.00 - Pilotage Within District One
Section 2.18 - Pilot Organization
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
(1) The Pilots for District One, acting jointly, will be known as the "Boston Pilots" (or by the name of their business organization, namely "Boston Harbor Pilots Association", LLC or by the abbreviation thereof, namely "BHPA" and shall maintain a business office at a location near Boston Harbor for the sole purpose of operating the business of pilotage within District One.
(2) The office of the Boston Pilot's will be staffed, or a Pilot dispatcher should be available by telephone, on a 24-hour basis on every calendar day.
(3) The Boston Pilots will ensure that each Pilot shall remain in reasonable contact with the Pilot office to ensure that pilotage services will at all times be available and that vessels will not suffer unreasonable delays because of lack or unavailability of Pilots.
(4) The Boston Pilots are responsible to ensure that there is available for use by individual Pilots when boarding or departing vessels a suitable Pilot boat, which has been and is designed, equipped, maintained and manned satisfactorily for use as a Pilot boat and which is in all respects at all times fit for its intended purpose and safe and seaworthy.