Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
(a) Additional fees
for intermediate cargo stops, fueling stops, stops to take water. If a vessel
makes a cargo stop, a fueling stop, or a stop to take water at any intermediate
port or place on the Hudson River, the Hudson River Pilot shall be entitled to
a fee of 5 percent per hour of the Zone 2 Base Rate, up to a maximum charge of
35%.
(b) Launch fees.
(1) Zone 1 Lower River Yonkers to Hyde Park:
Yonkers to Hyde Park: Rate $2.99 per Pilotage Unit for the Yonkers Pilot
Station, $1.495 per Pilotage Unit (computed as 50 percent of the per unit Zone
1 launch fee) for Pilot Transport Fee at Yonkers Anchorage.
(2) Zone 2 Upper River Hyde Park through
Albany or Troy: Rate $2.99 per Pilotage Unit for the Yonkers Pilot Station,
$2.63 per Pilotage Unit for the Norrie Point Pilot Station, $1.315 per Pilotage
Unit (computed as 50 percent of the per unit Zone 2 launch fee) for Pilot
Transport Fee at Hyde Park Anchorage.
(3) A minimum of 100 Units, maximum of 500
Units applies for all launch fees.
(c) Additional fee for pilot detained on
board vessels due to conditions. When a pilot is detained on board a vessel due
to ice conditions, such pilot shall be entitled to a fee of 35 percent of the
Zone 2 Base Rate for each 24 hours or part thereof during which he shall be so
detained. In the event prevailing ice conditions require two pilots on board a
vessel, the fee shall be the regular pilotage fee plus 50 percent of the
regular pilotage fee for the second pilot. In addition, when the Norrie Point
Station is closed and the pilot boards at Yonkers, a Pilot Transport Fee of
$1.315 (computed as 50 percent of the per unit Zone 2 launch fee) per pilotage
unit will apply, with a minimum of 100 pilotage units and a maximum of 500
pilotage units. When the Yonkers Station is closed, a Pilot Transport Fee of
$1.495 (computed as 50 percent of the per unit Zone 1 launch fee) per pilotage
unit will apply, with a minimum of 100 pilotage units and a maximum of 500
pilotage units.
(d) Additional fee
for docking and undocking. For docking and undocking, the following schedule of
fees, in addition to any fee otherwise established, shall apply:
(1) without assistance of tugs or bow
thruster, 25 percent of the Zone 2 base rate ;
(2) without assistance of tugs but with
assistance of bow thruster, 15 percent of the Zone 2 base rate ;
(3) with the assistance of tug or tugs, 10
percent of the Zone 2 base rate . (See section
54.2 of this Title).
(e) Fee for shifting at Hudson
River ports. When a pilot is required to shift a vessel from one berth to
another berth within the same port, the fee shall be 20 percent of the Zone 2
base rate .
(f) Fee for anchoring.
A Hudson River Pilot who anchors a vessel shall be entitled to a fee of 5
percent of the Zone 2 Base Rate.
(g) Delay in rendering services, dismissed
without rendering services, detained on board, quarantined, standing by.
(1) In any case where rendering services is
delayed for the convenience of the vessel, the pilot shall be entitled to 5
percent per hour of the Zone 2 Base Rate, up to a maximum charge of 35 percent.
However, if the pilot's services are used within one hour, no charge will be
incurred.
(2) In any case where a
pilot reporting to a vessel is dismissed without rendering services, the fee
shall be 15 percent of the Zone 2 Base Rate.
(3) In any case where a pilot is detained on
board a vessel awaiting a favorable tide, a berth, or an anchorage, or is
quarantined, the fee shall be 5 percent per hour of the Zone 2 Base Rate, up to
a maximum charge of 35 percent for each 24 hour period.
(4) When a pilot, for the convenience of a
vessel for any reason, is ordered to stand by, the pilot shall be entitled to a
fee of 5 percent per hour of the Zone 2 Base Rate, up to a maximum charge of
15%.
(5) If the departure of a
vessel is delayed less than six hours before its scheduled departure time,
there shall be a charge of 5 percent per hour of the Zone 2 Base Rate until the
time the vessel sails, up to a maximum charge of 35 percent.
(h) Vessels arriving without prior
notice, late cancellation of arrival, arriving late at pilot station, late
ordering of pilot.
(1) Vessels which arrive
at the pilot station without prior notice will be charged a fee equal to 25
percent of the Zone 2 Base Rate.
(2) If the arrival /departure of a vessel is
cancelled less than six hours before its scheduled arrival /departure time,
there shall be a charge of 15 percent of the Zone 2 Base Rate. If the
arrival/departure of a vessel is cancelled less than two hours before its
scheduled arrival/ departure time, there shall be a charge of 35 percent of the
Zone 2 Base Rate.
(3) If a vessel
arrives at the pilot station more than one hour later than its scheduled
arrival time and the pilot boat on station or the pilot office has not been
notified of the delayed arrival at least three hours before the scheduled
arrival time, there shall be a charge of 5 percent per hour of the Zone 2 Base
Rate, up to a maximum charge of 35%.
(4) If an order to pilot a vessel outbound is
received less than three hours prior to sailing time, or an order to pilot a
vessel inbound is received less than six hours prior to arrival time, there
shall be a charge of 10 percent of the Zone 2 Base Rate. All charges covered by
this section shall be in addition to other fees presented by the Navigation Law
and these regulations.
