2011 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 34 — Navigation and shipping
RS 34:1048 — Pilotage fees; exceptions
The pilots shall be entitled to ask and receive a pilotage fee per foot of water drawn by the vessels piloted by them up or down the Mississippi river as follows: to-wit:
| Between the port of New Orleans and all intermediate ports to and including the port of Baton Rouge, per draft foot | $6.75 |
| Shifting: docks to anchor, or anchor to docks | $50.00 |
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| Docking or undocking ships head down, additional | $25.00 |
| Compass adjusting | $43.75 |
| Trial trip, in and out, not to exceed 8 hours | Regular draft rate |
| $10.00 |
| Ships enroute, taking 11 hours or more, but less than 12 hours | Regular draft rate plus flat $50.00 |
| Ships enroute, taking 12 hours or more | Two pilotages |
| Second pilotage at regular draft rate not to exceed | $150.00 maximum |
Transportation costs to or from vessel at outlying points as per tariff and boat service to or from vessel at anchor or underway shall be borne by vessel. Vessels subject to pilotage fees shall be any vessel moving from a point between Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
Discharge
| Within port limits of New Orleans and Baton Rouge | $10.00 |
| Outside port limits of New Orleans and Baton Rouge | $25.00 |
| Detention per hour | $10.00 |
| Minimum draft | 15 feet |
These charges shall be paid by every vessel subject to pilotage navigating between the ports of New Orleans and Baton Rouge and intermediate ports; provided that should any vessel have a draft of less than fifteen feet, the pilotage charge shall be computed on a fifteen foot draft. When pilot services are timely offered and refused, the vessel shall pay the charges nevertheless.
The pilotage fee shall bear as a lien upon the vessel, which lien shall prescribe within one year, should the vessel return to the port of New Orleans within that time.
Vessels of one hundred tons or under, lawfully engaged in the coastwide trade of the United States, shall not be required to take a pilot; but the master of such vessel may demand pilot services.
Amended by Acts 1952, No. 312, 1; Acts 1956, No. 146, 1; Acts 1960, No. 67, 1; Acts 1967, No. 6, 1.
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