Great Lakes Pilotage Tariff Regulations

Designated Waters and Contiguous Waters

• • 1 (1) Subject to subsection (2), the basic charge for a passage, other than a movage, through International District No. 1 or any part thereof and its contiguous waters is $15.45 for each kilometre ($25.72 for each statute mile), plus $343 for each lock transited.

  • (2) The minimum and maximum basic charges for a through trip through International District No. 1 and its contiguous waters are $751 and $3,297, respectively.

  • (3) The basic charge for a movage in International District No. 1 and its contiguous waters is $1,131.

  • (4) If a ship, during its passage through the Welland Canal, docks or undocks for any reason other than instructions given by The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation, the basic charge is $45 for each kilometre ($74.72 for each statute mile), plus $279 for each lock transited, with a minimum charge of $929.

  • (5) The basic charge for a pilotage service in International District No. 2 and its contiguous waters, other than that specified in subsection (4), set out in column 1 of the following table is set out in column 2:

    Item	Column 1	Column 2
    	Pilotage Service	Basic Charge ($)
    1	Through the Welland Canal, where the pilot is changed at Lock 7,
    	(a) for that portion of the passage between the northern limit of the Canal and Lock 7	1,714
    	(b) for that portion of the passage between Lock 7 and the southern limit of the Canal	1,714
    2	Between Southeast Shoal and Toledo or any point on Lake Erie west of Southeast Shoal	1,832
    3	Between points on Lake Erie west of Southeast Shoal	1,081
    4	Between Southeast Shoal and the Port Huron Change Point or any point on the St. Clair River, where the pilot is not changed at the Detroit pilot boat	3,186
    5	Between Southeast Shoal and Detroit, Windsor or any point on the Detroit River	1,832
    6	Between Southeast Shoal and the Detroit pilot boat	1,326
    7	Between Toledo or any point on Lake Erie west of Southeast Shoal and the Port Huron Change Point, where the pilot is not changed at the Detroit pilot boat	3,693
    8	Between Toledo or any point on Lake Erie west of Southeast Shoal and Detroit, Windsor or any point on the Detroit River	2,378
    9	Between Toledo or any point on Lake Erie west of Southeast Shoal and the Detroit pilot boat	1,832
    10	Between Detroit, Windsor or any point on the Detroit River and any point on the Detroit River	1,081
    11	Between Detroit, Windsor or any point on the Detroit River and the Port Huron Change Point or any point on the St. Clair River	2,397
    12	Between the Detroit pilot boat and any point on the St. Clair River	2,397
    13	Between the Detroit pilot boat and the Port Huron Change Point	1,861
    14	Between points on the St. Clair River	1,081
    15	Between the Port Huron Change Point and any point on the St. Clair River	1,326

  • (6) The basic charge for a pilotage service in International District No. 3 and its contiguous waters set out in column 1 of the following table is set out in column 2:

    Item	Column 1	Column 2
    	Pilotage Service	Basic Charge ($)
    1	Trip, other than a movage, between the southern limit of the District and the northern limit of the District or the Algoma Steel Corporation Wharf at Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario	2,114
    2	Trip, other than a movage, between the southern limit of the District and Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, or any point in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, other than the Algoma Steel Corporation Wharf at Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario	1,770
    3	Trip, other than a movage, between the northern limit of the District and Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, including the Algoma Steel Corporation Wharf at Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, or Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan	795
    4	Movage	795

  • (7) [Repealed, SOR/2003-56, s. 3]

Undesignated Waters and Contiguous Waters

• • 2 (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), the basic charge for a pilotage service set out in column 1 of the following table is set out in column 2:

    Item	Column 1	Column 2
    	Pilotage Service	Basic Charge ($)
    1	Being present on board, for a six-hour period or part of a six-hour period, in the undesignated waters and contiguous waters of
    	(a) Lake Ontario	708
    	(b) Lake Erie	705
    	(c) Lake Huron, Lake Michigan or Lake Superior	425
    2	Docking or undocking each time in the undesignated waters and contiguous waters of
    	(a) Lake Ontario	674
    	(b) Lake Erie	542
    	(c) Lake Huron, Lake Michigan or Lake Superior	407

  • (2) If a ship with a pilot on board makes a direct transit of the undesignated waters and contiguous waters of Lake Erie between Southeast Shoal and Port Colborne, the basic charges set out in subsection (1) are not chargeable unless

    • (a) the ship is required by law to have a pilot on board in those waters; or

    • (b) the pilot renders pilotage services in those waters at the request of the master of the ship.

  • (3) The basic charge for pilotage services consisting of a lockage and a movage between Buffalo and any point on the Niagara River below the Black Rock Lock is $1,385.

Detention

• • 3 (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), if, for the convenience of a ship, a pilot is detained after the end of the pilot’s assignment or during an interruption of the passage of the ship through designated waters or contiguous waters, an additional basic charge of $64 is payable for each hour or part of an hour that the pilot is detained.

  • (2) The maximum basic charge under subsection (1) for any 24-hour period is $998.

  • (3) No basic charge for the detention of a pilot is chargeable under this section during an interruption of the passage of a ship

    • (a) that is caused by ice, weather or traffic, unless the interruption is during the period beginning on December 1 in a year and ending on April 8 in the next year; or

    • (b) that ends during a period in respect of which a basic charge is imposed pursuant to paragraph 2(1)(a).

Delays

• • 4 (1) Subject to subsection (2), if the departure or movage of a ship to which a pilot has been assigned is delayed for the convenience of the ship for more than one hour after the pilot reports for duty at the designated boarding point, a basic charge of $64 is payable for each hour or part of an hour, including the first hour of that delay.

  • (2) The maximum basic charge under subsection (1) for any 24-hour period is $998.

Cancellations

• • 5 (1) If a request for pilotage services is cancelled after the pilot reports for duty at the designated boarding point, the basic charge is $1,339.

  • (2) Subject to subsection (3), if a request for pilotage services is cancelled more than one hour after the pilot reports for duty at the designated boarding point, in addition to the basic charge set out in subsection (1), a basic charge of $64 is payable for each hour or part of an hour, including the first hour, between the time the pilot reports and the time of cancellation.

  • (3) The maximum basic charge payable under subsection (2) for any 24-hour period is $998.

  • (4) Where a request for pilotage services is cancelled after a pilot has left the pilot's work station for the designated boarding point, there shall be, in addition to any other basic charge imposed pursuant to this section, a charge in an amount equal to reasonable travel and other expenses incurred by the pilot in travelling from the work station to that boarding point and back to the work station.

Assignment of More Than One Pilot

• 6 Where more than one pilot is assigned to a ship, the basic charges set out in this Schedule shall be multiplied by the number of pilots assigned.

Overcarriage

• • 7 (1) If a pilot is unable to board a ship at the normal boarding point and, to board it, must travel beyond the area for which the pilot’s services are requested, the basic charge of $386 is payable for each 24-hour period or part of a 24-hour period during which the pilot is away from the normal boarding point.

  • (2) If a pilot is carried on a ship beyond the area for which the pilot’s services are requested, the basic charge of $386 is payable for each 24-hour period or part of a 24-hour period before the pilot is returned to the place where the pilot normally would have disembarked.

  • (3) In addition to the basic charges set out in subsections (1) and (2), there shall be a charge in an amount equal to reasonable travel and other expenses incurred by a pilot that are directly associated with the requirement to travel to or from a place other than the pilot's normal boarding or disembarking place.