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	5,694	N/A
    2	Trip other than a trip referred to in item 1	27.04 for each kilometre (43.51 for each statute mile), plus 728 for each lock transited	1,465
    3	Docking or undocking for the purpose of loading or unloading cargo, stores or bunker fuel or of effecting repairs	1,020	N/A
    4	Movage	2,193	N/A

  • (2) An additional charge of $135 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 $190 is payable for each hour or part of an hour, including the first hour, that the pilot is detained.

  • (2) The maximum basic charge payable under subsection (1) for any 24-hour period is $4,560.

  • (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 $190 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 $4,560.

Cancellations

• • 4 (1) The following charges are payable each time there is a cancelled order:

    • (a) a basic charge of $2,170;

    • (b) a basic charge of $190 for each hour or part of an hour, including the first hour, between the time that the pilot reports for duty at the designated boarding point and the time of the cancellation; and

    • (c) if the cancelled order occurs after a pilot reports for duty at a designated boarding point, a basic charge in an amount equal to the sum of the travel and other reasonable expenses incurred by the pilot in travelling from their home base to the designated boarding point and from the designated boarding point back to their home base.

  • (2) The following charges are payable each time there is a cancelled sail:

    • (a) a basic charge of $2,170; and

    • (b) if the owner, master or agent of the ship did not communicate to the Authority before the cancelled sail that they wanted to retain the pilot, a basic charge in an amount equal to the sum of the travel and other reasonable expenses incurred by the pilot in travelling from their home base to the designated boarding point and from the designated boarding point back to their home base.

  • (3) If the owner, master or agent of the ship communicates to the Authority before the cancelled sail that they want to retain the pilot, a new request for the same pilotage services is deemed to be made and accepted at the time of the cancelled sail, and additional basic charges are payable in respect of the new request as determined in accordance with

    • (a) subsection (1), if the new request results in a cancelled order; and

    • (b) subsection (2), if the new request results in a cancelled sail.

  • (4) For the purposes of calculating additional charges under paragraph (3)(a), the reference to “between the time that the pilot reports for duty at the designated boarding point and the time of cancellation” in paragraph (1)(b) shall be read as “between the time that the new request referred to in subsection (3) is made and accepted and the time of the cancelled order”.

  • (5) For the purposes of subsections (2) and (3), in the case of a cancelled sail following a new request referred to in subsection (3), the reference to “after a pilot reports for duty at a designated boarding point” in paragraph 2(2)(b) of these Regulations is to be read as “after the new request referred to in subsection 4(3) of Schedule 2 is made and accepted”.

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 $3,710 is payable.