HB 1057 — An Act amending the act of May 11, 1889 (P.L.188, No.210), entitled "A further supplement to an act, entitled 'An act to establish a board of wardens for the Port of Philadelphia, and for the regulation of pilots and pilotage, and for other purposes,' approved March twenty-ninth, one thousand eight hundred and three, and for regulating the rates of pilotage and number of pilots," further providing for rates of pilotage and computation, for pilotage fees and unit charge and for charges for services.

PRINTER'S NO.   1148

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 1057
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY PARKER, CONKLIN, KENYATTA, MADDEN, HILL-EVANS,
        NEILSON, HOWARD, SANCHEZ, MALAGARI, MARCELL, RIVERA,
        ARMANINI, WEBSTER, TWARDZIK AND LABS, MARCH 26, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, MARCH 26, 2025


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending the act of May 11, 1889 (P.L.188, No.210), entitled "A
 2      further supplement to an act, entitled 'An act to establish a
 3      board of wardens for the Port of Philadelphia, and for the
 4      regulation of pilots and pilotage, and for other purposes,'
 5      approved March twenty-ninth, one thousand eight hundred and
 6      three, and for regulating the rates of pilotage and number of
 7      pilots," further providing for rates of pilotage and
 8      computation, for pilotage fees and unit charge and for
 9      charges for services.
10      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
11   hereby enacts as follows:
12      Section 1.    Sections 3.1(b) and (c), 3.2(b) and (c) and
13   3.3(1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) of the act of May 11, 1889
14   (P.L.188, No.210), entitled "A further supplement to an act,
15   entitled 'An act to establish a board of wardens for the Port of
16   Philadelphia, and for the regulation of pilots and pilotage, and
17   for other purposes,' approved March twenty-ninth, one thousand
18   eight hundred and three, and for regulating the rates of
19   pilotage and number of pilots," are amended to read:
20      Section 3.1.    For services rendered on and after January 1,
21   1990, retroactively, the rates of pilotage for conducting a
 1   vessel from the Capes of the Delaware to a place on the Delaware
 2   River or Bay no further upriver than the Delair Railroad Bridge
 3   between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Delair, New Jersey, or
 4   from a place on the river Delaware no further upriver than the
 5   Delair Railroad Bridge between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and
 6   Delair, New Jersey, to the Capes of the Delaware, in either
 7   case, shall be computed as follows:
 8      * * *
 9      (b)    The charges per unit shall be as follows:
10      (xi)    Effective January 1, 2022............. $14.91 per unit
11      (xii)    Effective January 1, 2023............ $15.66 per unit
12      (xiii)   Effective January 1, 2024........... $16.44 per unit
13      (xiv)    Effective January 1, 2025............ $17.26 per unit
14      (xv)    Effective January 1, 2026............. $17.78 per unit
15      (xvi)    Effective January 1, 2027............ $18.31 per unit
16      (xvii)   Effective January 1, 2028........... $18.86 per unit
17      (c)    There shall be a minimum charge of two hundred units and
18   a maximum unit charge as follows:
19      (xi)    Effective January 1, 2022.............      1,550 units
20      (xii)    Effective January 1, 2023............      1,550 units
21      (xiii)   Effective January 1, 2024...........       1,550 units
22      (xiv)    Effective January 1, 2025............      1,550 units
23      (xv)    Effective January 1, 2026.............      1,600 units
24      (xvi)    Effective January 1, 2027............      1,600 units
25      (xvii)   Effective January 1, 2028...........       1,600 units
26      Section 3.2.   That every ship or vessel bound to the Delaware
27   breakwater for orders shall be obliged to receive a pilot,
28   provided she is spoken or a pilot offers his services, outside
29   of a straight line drawn from Cape Henlopen Light to Cape May
30   Light, and every ship or vessel bound to the breakwater for

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 1   orders shall pay pilotage fees as follows: A sum equal to half
 2   the pilotage to the Port of Philadelphia, and she shall be
 3   obliged to take a pilot and pay the same pilotage fees when
 4   outward bound, from the breakwater, and if such ship or vessel,
 5   without discharging her pilot, proceed to the Port of
 6   Philadelphia or any other port or place on the bay or river
 7   Delaware, only one full pilotage fee as fixed by section 3.1 of
 8   this act, for the entire service, in addition to the fee for
 9   detention: Provided, however, That if the pilot bringing such
10   ship or vessel to the breakwater be there discharged, and the
11   ship or vessel afterward proceed to Philadelphia or any other
12   port or place on the bay or river Delaware, she shall make the
13   usual signal for a pilot and continue to make such signal till
14   reaching Brandywine Light, and if spoken by, or offered the
15   services of, a duly licensed Pennsylvania pilot before reaching
16   Brandywine Light, shall be obliged to employ such pilot and pay
17   him for services rendered on and after the effective date of
18   this act, a charge computed as follows:
19      * * *
20      (b)    The charges per unit shall be as follows:
21      [(xi)    Effective January 1, 2022............ $14.91 per unit
22      (xii)    Effective January 1, 2023............ $15.66 per unit
23      (xiii)   Effective January 1, 2024........... $16.44 per unit]
24      (xiv)    Effective January 1, 2025............ $17.26 per unit
25      (xv)    Effective January 1, 2026............. $17.78 per unit
26      (xvi)    Effective January 1, 2027............ $18.31 per unit
27      (xvii)   Effective January 1, 2028........... $18.61 per unit
28      (c)    There shall be a minimum charge of two hundred units and
29   a maximum unit charge as follows:
30      [(xi)    Effective January 1, 2022............       1,550 units

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 1      (xii)    Effective January 1, 2023............      1,550 units
 2      (xiii)    Effective January 1, 2024...........     1,550 units]
 3      (xiv)    Effective January 1, 2025............      1,550 units
 4      (xv)    Effective January 1, 2026.............      1,600 units
 5      (xvi)    Effective January 1, 2027............      1,600 units
 6      (xvii)    Effective January 1, 2028...........      1,600 units
 7      Section 3.3.    The following charges are hereby authorized for
 8   the services stated:
 9      (1)    Ship communication charge:
10      Vessels transiting the Delaware River..........       [$275.00]
11                                                              $300.00
12      (2)    Transporting vessels in the Delaware:
13      Philadelphia (or other place) to Marcus Hook...      [1,000.00]
14                                                             1,250.00
15      Philadelphia (or other place) below Marcus Hook      [1,000.00]
16                                                             1,250.00
17      Philadelphia Harbor to Torresdale..............      [1,000.00]
18                                                             1,250.00
19      Philadelphia Harbor to any place above
20   Torresdale........................................      [1,200.00]
21                                                             1,500.00
22      (3)    Extra services:
23      Swing ship to adjust magnetic compass..........          300.00
24      Swing ship to calibrate direction finder.......          300.00
25      Vessels anchoring below Brown Shoal in excess
26   of three hours awaiting flood tide for transiting
27   river channel.....................................        [500.00]
28                                                               750.00
29      Carried to/from Baltimore......................          600.00
30      Carried to/from Norfolk........................        1,000.00

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 1      Carried to/from New York.......................       1,000.00
 2   Vessels entering the Capes for anchorage at the Breakwater for
 3   other than tide shall pay one-half pilotage in and one-half
 4   pilotage out.
 5      (4)   Chesapeake and Delaware Canal:
 6      Vessels transiting the Chesapeake and Delaware
 7   Canal:
 8      Vessels with a length overall of less than 650
 9   feet..............................................     [1,000.00]
10                                                            1,250.00
11      Vessels with a length overall of 650 feet or
12   more..............................................     [1,500.00]
13                                                            1,750.00
14      (5)   Cancellation of sailing orders:
15      Cancellation charge............................     [1,000.00]
16                                                             minimum
17                                                            pilotage
18   Any time a pilot is dispatched for sailing and the trip or
19   movement is canceled, for reason other than weather, the vessel
20   shall be subject to this charge, except when the Pilot Office is
21   notified as follows:
22      All piers north of Hog Island - 1 1/2 hours before sailing
23                                         time.
24      All piers north of Paulsboro   - 2 hours before sailing time.
25      All piers south of the above   - 3 hours before sailing time.
26      (6)   Finance charge:
27   A finance charge not to exceed one and one-half per centum per
28   month or fraction thereof may be assessed against all invoices
29   outstanding more than thirty days after the billing date, and
30   the cost of attorney fees on any amount placed with an attorney

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1   for collection may also be charged.
2      Section 2.   This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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