Great Lakes Pilotage Tariff Regulations

General

• • 1 (1) The basic charge for a pilotage service set out in column 1 of the following table is set out in column 2 but is subject to the minimum basic charge set out in column 3, if applicable:

    	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
    Item	Pilotage Service	Basic Charge ($)	Minimum Basic Charge ($)
    1	Trip between the eastern limit of the Cornwall District and Cornwall or the pilot boarding station near Saint-Régis, Quebec	5,478	N/A
    2	Trip other than a trip referred to in item 1	25.15 for each kilometre (41.85 for each statute mile), plus 700 for each lock transited	1,409
    3	Docking or undocking for the purpose of loading or unloading cargo, stores or bunker fuel or of effecting repairs	981	N/A
    4	Movage	2,110	N/A

  • (2) An additional charge of $131 is payable for each change of pilot at the St. Lambert or Beauharnois Lock.

Detention

• • 2 (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), if a pilot is detained for the convenience of a ship at the end of the pilot’s assignment or during an interruption of the passage of the ship through the Cornwall District, an additional basic charge of $183 is payable for each hour or part of an hour that the pilot is detained.

  • (2) The maximum basic charge payable under subsection (1) for any 24-hour period is $4,392.

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

Delays

• • 3 (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 $183 is payable for each hour or part of an hour of that delay, including the first hour.

  • (2) The maximum basic charge payable under subsection (1) for any 24-hour period is $4,392.

Cancellations

• • 4 (1) A basic charge of $2,088 is payable each time there is a cancelled order or cancelled sail.

  • (2) If there is a cancelled order more than one hour after the pilot reports for duty at a designated boarding point, a basic charge of $183 is payable for each hour or part of an hour, including the first hour, between the time that the pilot reports for duty and the time of the cancelled order. The maximum basic charge for any 24-hour period is $4,392.

  • (3) If there is a cancelled order after a pilot reports for duty at a designated boarding point, a basic charge is payable in an amount equal to reasonable travel and other expenses incurred by the pilot in travelling from their home base to the designated boarding point and back to their home base.

Assignment of More than One Pilot

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

Request for Pilotage Services — Short Notice

• 6 If a request for pilotage services is made with less than 12 hours’ notice and those services are provided, an additional charge of $3,569 is payable.