Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 25.09.1996

Seaway Regulations and Rules: Great Lakes Pilotage Rates

The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC) is proposing to amend the Great Lakes Pilotage Regulations by increasing Great Lakes Pilotage Rates by: 6% in Area 1; 20% in Area 2; 7% in Area 4; 35% in Area 5; 11% in Area 6; 44% in Area 7; 12% in Area 8; and 17% for mutual rates. The proposed pilotage rate adjustments are different in each area because the rates have not been set on an area-by-area basis since 1967. In the interim years pilotage rates were increased by a single percentage across areas and this led to disparities between areas and between districts. The rates proposed above were calculated by applying the same formulas uniformly to each area. The increase in Great Lakes pilotage rates is necessary because pilot compensation has fallen below established compensation targets. In accordance with Step 2 of Appendix A to 33 CFR part 407, the compensation target for pilots providing service in the designated waters of the Great Lakes is the approximate average annual compensation for masters on U.S. Great Lakes vessels and the compensation target for pilots providing service in the undesignated waters of the Great Lakes is the approximate average annual compensa