1 [Repealed, SOR/2020-58, s. 2]

Interpretation

2 In these Regulations,

Areas

Areas means the compulsory pilotage areas described in section 3 of the Pacific Pilotage Regulations; (zone)

assignment

assignment means the assignment of a pilot to take the conduct of a ship in the Areas; (affectation)

Authority

Authority means the Pacific Pilotage Authority; (Administration)

breadth of the ship

breadth of the ship means the maximum distance, in metres and centimetres, to the outside of the shell plating of the ship; (largeur du navire)

dead ship

dead ship means a ship normally self-propelled that is without the use of its propelling power; (navire mort)

draught

draught means the greatest depth of the submerged part of a ship, in metres and centimetres, at the time pilotage services are performed; (tirant d’eau)

hampered ship

hampered ship[Repealed, SOR/2014-115, s. 1]

harbour

harbour means a place set out in Part 1 of Schedule 1; (havre)

harbour

harbour or port[Repealed, SOR/97-566, s. 1]

harbour or port assignment

harbour or port assignment means an assignment which occurs wholly within a harbour or port at which pilots are based; (affectation dans un havre ou port)

northern assignment

northern assignment means an assignment in the area north of Seymour Narrows or on the West Coast of Vancouver Island, excluding Barkley Sound and Alberni Inlet, during the course of which a ship enters or departs a harbour or port in that area or transits that area; (affectation nord)

overall length

overall length means the total distance, in metres and centimetres, from the foremost to the aftermost point of the hull of the ship; (longueur hors tout)

pilotage unit

pilotage unit means, the result obtained by multiplying the overall length of the ship, by the breadth and the draught of the ship at the time of the assignment and by dividing the product by 100; (unité de pilotage)

pilot boat

pilot boat means a boat employed in the service of the Authority; (bateau-pilote)

port

port means a place set out in Part 2 of Schedule 1; (port)

Prince Rupert assignment

Prince Rupert assignment means an assignment other than a harbour or port assignment that occurs within the area between the Triple Island boarding station and the port of Prince Rupert or the harbours of Porpoise Harbour or Port Simpson; (affectation Prince Rupert)

Region

Region means the Region of the Authority as defined in the schedule to the Pilotage Act; (région)

restricted ship

restricted ship means a ship that is unable to operate at full manoeuvring revolutions per minute or a ship that, because of maintenance on its engines while it was in port, requires more than one hour to work up to full manoeuvring revolutions per minute; (navire à capacité limitée)

southern assignment

southern assignment means an assignment other than a harbour or port assignment within Barkley Sound and Alberni Inlet and the area south of Seymour Narrows during the course of which a ship enters or departs a harbour or port in that area or transits that area. (affectation sud)

Bridge Watch

• 3 (1) A bridge watch begins

  • (a) when the pilot reports on the bridge of a ship and takes conduct thereof; or

  • (b) when the ship is ready to sail, the pilot reports on the bridge and orders are given to commence preparation for departure.

• (2) A bridge watch ends

  • (a) when the pilot leaves the bridge to disembark at the pilot boarding station or when the pilot is relieved by another pilot;

  • (b) when the ship has been secured at anchor and the pilot is released from the bridge; or

  • (c) when the ship has tied up alongside a berth and no further pilotage services are required.

Calculation of Time Charges

4 Time charges for pilotage services are payable in respect of each pilot for each hour or part of an hour comprised in a period of pilotage service determined in accordance with section 5.

• 5 (1) For the purposes of calculating the charges referred to in sections 4 and 7, a period of pilotage service

  • (a) begins at the earlier of

    • (i) the time for which the pilot is ordered, or

    • (ii) the time the pilot commences a bridge watch; and

  • (b) ends when the pilot is able to disembark ship.

• (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), where, for reasons unrelated to any act or omission of the owner, master or agent of the ship, a pilot is unable to board a ship and commence an assignment at the time for which he was ordered, the time charge shall commence at the time the pilot reports for the assignment.

Pilotage Charges for an Assignment

• 6 (1) Except as otherwise provided by this section, for an assignment to a ship set out in column 1 of Schedule 2, in waters set out in column 2, the pilotage charge payable is the amount set out in column 3 multiplied by the pilotage unit.

• (2) Subject to subsection (4), for an assignment to a ship that is 226 m or more in overall length, the pilotage charge payable is the sum of

  • (a) $4.0822 multiplied by the pilotage unit; and

  • (b) $0.01192 multiplied by the gross tonnage of the ship.

• (3) Subject to subsection (4), for an assignment to a tethered tanker ship with a deadweight tonnage (summer) that exceeds 39 999 metric tons, in any waters, the pilotage charge payable is $7.0176 multiplied by the pilotage unit.

• (4) For an assignment to a tethered tanker ship that is 226 m or more in overall length with a deadweight tonnage (summer) that exceeds 39 999 metric tons, in any waters, the pilotage charge payable is the sum of

  • (a) $6.1235 multiplied by the pilotage unit; and

  • (b) $0.0179 multiplied by the gross tonnage of the ship.

• (5) For an assignment that begins or ends on December 25, a charge of double the pilotage charge under subsections (1) to (4) is payable.

• (6) A surcharge of $57 is payable on each pilotage charge payable under this section for the administration of the Pilotage Act.

Temporary Surcharge

6.1 For an assignment that begins before January 1, 2020, a surcharge of $100 is payable on each pilotage charge payable under section 6.

Time Charges for Bridge Watches

• 7 (1) In addition to the pilotage charge for an assignment, for a period of bridge watch set out in column 1 of Schedule 3, the time charge set out in column 2 is payable in respect of the time of each pilot whose services are used.

• (2) The time charge does not apply in respect of a ship that is being led, pushed or towed by another ship.

• (3) For an assignment that begins or ends on December 25, a charge of double the time charge under this section is payable.

Minimum Charges

8 Despite sections 6 and 7, the total charges payable under those sections in respect of a ship shall not be less than $1,087.33.

8.1 [Repealed, SOR/2001-285, s. 2]

Cancellation Charges

9 If a request for a pilotage service is cancelled after a pilot has been assigned, for a period set out in column 1 of Schedule 4, the cancellation charge set out in column 2 is payable in addition to any other charges.

Out-of-Region Charges

• 10 (1) In respect of the circumstances set out in column 1 of Schedule 5, the charge set out in column 2 is payable for each hour or part of an hour during the period set out in column 3.

• (2) If a pilot embarks on or disembarks from a ship at Anacortes, Bellingham, Cherry Point or Ferndale, in the State of Washington, a charge of $2,097.95 per pilot is payable in addition to any other charges.

• (3) If a pilot embarks on or disembarks from a ship at an out-of-Region location that is not listed in subsection (2), a charge of $2,797.63 per pilot is payable in addition to any other charges.

Transportation Charges

11 The transportation charge set out in column 2 of Schedule 6 is payable in respect of each pilot who incurs travel expenses that are directly associated with an assignment set out in column 1.

Pilot Boat and Helicopter Charges

12 On each occasion that a pilot boat or helicopter is used to embark or disembark a pilot at a location set out in column 1 of Schedule 7, the charge set out in column 2 is payable.

13 To recover the cost of purchasing a pilot boat for Pine Island, the charge set out in column 3 of Schedule 7 is payable on each occasion that a pilot boat or helicopter is used to embark or disembark a pilot at a location set out in column 1 of that Schedule.

13.1 [Repealed, SOR/2012-196, s. 4]

• 13.2 (1) On each occasion that a pilot boat is used to embark or disembark a pilot at a location set out in Schedule 8, the charge set out in the corresponding column for that location is payable. Subject to subsection (2), the reference price that is to be used to establish the price range set out in column 1 is the daily average wholesale (rack) price per litre for diesel in Vancouver, British Columbia, for the 20th day of the preceding month, as posted on the following Department of Natural Resources (Natural Resources Canada) website: http://www2.nrcan.gc.ca/eneene/sources/pripri/wholesale_bycity_e.cfm?PriceYear=2001&ProductID=13&LocationID=2.

• (2) If a daily average wholesale (rack) price per litre for diesel in Vancouver, British Columbia, is not posted on the website for the 20th day of the preceding month, the reference price that is to be used is the daily average (rack) price per litre for diesel in Vancouver, British Columbia, for the last day before the 20th day of the preceding month that is posted on that website.

Delay Charges

14 If a pilot reports to a ship for an assignment and, for reasons unrelated to any act or omission of the owner, master or agent of the ship, does not commence the assignment at the time for which the pilot was ordered, a charge of double the time charge set out in item 1, column 2, of Schedule 3 is payable for each hour or part of an hour for the period that begins at the later of the time for which the pilot was ordered and the time the pilot reports and ends when the ship sails. No delay charge is payable if the delay period is less than 40 minutes.

Short Order Charges

• 15 (1) On each occasion that a pilotage order is initiated during the period that begins at 06:00 and ends at 17:59 with less than 10 hours’ notice for local assignments and less than 12 hours’ notice for all other assignments, a charge of $939.30 is payable in addition to any other charges.

• (2) On each occasion that a pilotage order is initiated during the period that begins at 18:00 and ends at 05:59 with less than 10 hours’ notice for local assignments and less than 12 hours’ notice for all other assignments, a charge of $1,878.59 is payable in addition to any other charges.

Restricted Ship Charges

16 A charge of $1,765.60 is payable in addition to any other charges on each occasion that

• (a) the master or agent of a ship who initiates a pilotage order fails to inform the Authority that the ship is a restricted ship; and

• (b) the bridge watch exceeds eight consecutive hours.

Remote Port Charges

17 On each occasion that a pilotage order is initiated for any place other than a pilot boarding station, a charge of $5,662.76 per pilot is payable in addition to any other charges.

Technology Charge

18 For each assignment to a ship set out in column 1 of Schedule 2, in waters set out in column 2, a technology charge of $50 is payable in addition to any other charges.