New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 16 - TRANSPORTATION
Chapter 64 - RULES OF THE NEW JERSEY MARITIME PILOT AND DOCKING PILOT COMMISSION
Subchapter 3 - INSTRUCTION TO RENTERS
Section 16:64-3.5 - Grades of licenses and grade advancement

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 16:64-3.5

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

(a) All increases in grade for maritime pilots shall be approved by the Commission.

(b) The minimum length of service in each grade is set forth in (d) below. The Commission may reduce or increase the grade of a maritime pilot in accordance with 16:64-3.7.

(c) Maritime pilots of the first grade shall be designated as full branch pilots; of the second grade, as limited branch pilots; and of the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth grades, as deputy pilots. Upon being advanced to maritime pilot of the first grade, the Commission shall issue a full branch pilot license.

(d) (Reserved)

(e) For all maritime pilots who obtain a certificate of appointment from the Commission pursuant to N.J.A.C. 16:64-7.5(a) on or after October 1, 2001, the pilot licensed for a specific grade shall not pilot any vessel of draft or registered gross tonnage greater than that indicated at (e)1 through 8 below. The registered gross tonnage of a vessel shall be the highest tonnage published in Lloyd's Register of Ships. A maritime pilot whose license is not of a grade that would allow assignment to the deepest vessel in a tow shall not be assigned to the towing vessels.

1. Grade 6A: A Grade 6A pilot shall complete a minimum of a six-month length of service in Grade 6A. The draft may not exceed 30 feet and the registered gross tonnage may not exceed 32,000.

2. Grade 6: A Grade 6 pilot shall complete a minimum of a six-month length of service in Grade 6. The draft may not exceed 33 feet and the registered gross tonnage may not exceed 45,000.

3. Grade 5A: A Grade 5A pilot shall complete a minimum of a six-month length of service in Grade 5A. The draft may not exceed 35 feet and the registered gross tonnage may not exceed 60,000.

4. Grade 5: A Grade 5 pilot shall complete a minimum of a six-month length of service in Grade 5. The draft may not exceed 39 feet and the registered gross tonnage may not exceed 70,000.

5. Grade 4: A Grade 4 pilot shall complete a minimum of a one-year length of service in Grade 4. The draft may not exceed 42 feet and the registered gross tonnage may not exceed 80,000.

6. Grade 3: A Grade 3 pilot shall complete a minimum of a one-year length of service in Grade 3. The draft may not exceed 45 feet and the registered gross tonnage may not exceed 90,000.

7. Grade 2: A Grade 2 pilot shall complete a minimum of a one-year length of service in Grade 2. The draft may not exceed 48 feet and the registered gross tonnage may not exceed 150,000.

8. Grade 1: There are no draft or tonnage limitations on the license.

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