Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024
(a)
Prior to assuming the con of a regulated vessel, a docking pilot shall conduct
a master/docking pilot conference.
(b) During the conference, the docking pilot
will provide the master and any maritime pilot present with information that a
prudent pilot should convey under the prevailing circumstances including, but
not limited to:
1. Information specific to
navigation and conditions along the intended route;
3. Transfer pilotage duties to
others;
4. The docking pilot's
lookout and anchor watch requirements; and
5. The docking pilot's bridge manning
requirements.
(c) The
docking pilot shall request such information from the master and/or maritime
pilot that prudent mariner should request under the prevailing circumstances
including, but not limited to:
1. The status
of the vessel's navigation equipment;
2. The status and characteristics of the
vessel's engine and steerage equipment.
3. The vessel's handling
characteristics;
4. The draft of
the vessel; and
5. The location and
currency of wheelhouse posters.
6.The location and currency of wheel house
posters.
(d)If a pilot
has a reasonable basis to believe that the vessels intended passage cannot be
conducted safely, or the vessel cannot be docked or undocked safely, the pilot
shall:
1. Not undertake the piloting of the
vessel;
2. Advise the master that
the docking pilot will not pilot the vessel and describe the rationale for the
decision; and
3. Request the master
to enter the refusal, as well as the rationale for the decision, into the
ship's logbook.
4.Request the
master to enter the refusal, as well as the rationale for the decision, into
the ship's log book.
(e) In the event the master, despite the
pilot's advice to the contrary in (d) above, commences the passage, the
docking, or the undocking, or states an intention to do so, the pilot shall:
1. Immediately report the situation, and the
circumstances that caused the pilot's belief that the vessel's intended voyage
cannot be conducted safely to The United States Coast Guard, Captain of the
Port, using the most expeditious means available, including Vessel Traffic
Service, VHF, cell phone or land line and as soon as practical thereafter to
the Commission President; and
2.
Advise the master that the pilot shall remain on the bridge as an observer only
and not engage in pilotage operations. However, if the pilot, while acting as
an observer, notes the vessel is falling into danger, the pilot shall advise
the master of the danger and give the master such advice, to the extent the
pilot is able, as the master may require in a cooperative effort to extradite
the vessel from the impending danger.
(f) Under (e) above, if an occurrence or
accident follows, the Commission shall take any special circumstances of the
case into account when judging the performance of the pilot.
