NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1959 SESSION
CHAPTER 1042
SENATE BILL 451
AN ACT TO REWRITE G. S. 76-13 SO AS TO ADJUST AND EQUALIZE PILOTAGE RATES AND CHARGES ON THE CAPE FEAR RIVER.
The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. G. S. 76-13 is hereby rewritten to read as follows:
"§ 76-13. When Employment Compulsory; Rates of Pilotage. (a) All vessels, coastwise or foreign, over sixty (60) gross tons, shall on and after July 1, 1959, take a State-licensed pilot from sea to Southport, and from Southport to sea, and the rates of pilotage shall be the rates given in Column No. 1 below, designated "From Sea to Southport, or Vice Versa"; the employment of pilots from Southport to Wilmington and from Wilmington to Southport is optional, but any vessel taking a pilot from Southport to Wilmington, or from Wilmington to Southport, shall employ only a State-licensed pilot, and the rate of pilotage shall be the rates in Column No. 2 below, designated "From Southport to Wilmington, or Vice Versa".
Column No. 1 Column No. 2
Draft From Sea to South- From Southport to
Feet and Under port or Vice Versa Wilmington or Vice Versa
10 $ 46.50 $ 31.00
10½ 49.00 32.50
11 51.50 34.00
11½ 54.00 35.50
12 56.00 37.00
12½ 58.00 39.00
13 60.50 40.50
13½ 63.00 42.00
14 65.00 43.50
14½ 67.50 45.00
15 70.00 46.50
15½ 72.50 48.00
16 74.50 49.50
16½ 77.00 51.00
17 79.00 53.00
17½ 81.50 54.50
18 83.50 56.00
18½ 86.00 57.50
19 88.50 59.00
19½ 91.00 60.50
20 93.00 62.00
20½ 95.50 63.50
21 98.00 65.00
21½ 100.00 67.00
22 102.50 68.00
22½ 104.50 70.00
23 107.00 71.50
23½ 109.50 73.00
24 111.50 74.50
24½ 114.00 76.00
25 116.50 77.50
25½ 119.00 79.00
26 121.00 80.50
26½ 123.50 82.00
27 125.50 84.00
27½ 128.00 85.50
28 130.00 87.00
28½ 132.50 88.50
29 135.00 90.00
29½ 137.50 91.50
30 139.50 93.00
30½ 142.00 94.50
31 144.50 96.00
31½ 147.00 97.50
32 149.00 99.00
32½ 151.00 101.00
33 153.50 102.50
33½ 156.00 104.00
34 158.00 105.50
34½ 160.50 107.00
35 163.00 108.50
"(b) In addition to the above regular charges on draft, vessels over eleven thousand (11,000) gross tons shall be charged six dollars ($6.00) per each one thousand (1,000) gross tons or fraction thereof for pilotage from sea to Southport or Southport to sea and four dollars ($4.00) per each one thousand (1,000) gross tons or fraction thereof for pilotage from Southport to Wilmington or Wilmington to Southport.
"(c) The charge for pilotage services in shifting any vessel within the harbor shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
"(d) Detention of pilots on board vessels because of weather conditions preventing pilots being removed shall be charged at the rate of ten dollars ($10.00) per day plus transportation cost for return trip.
"(e) A charge of ten dollars ($10.00) shall be made for cancellation of vessel's sailing without at least one hour's notice of cancellation to pilot, except cancellation caused by weather conditions.
"(f) The charge for pilotage services during adjustment of compasses shall be fifty dollars ($50.00).
"(g) The charge for pilotage services during calibration of radio direction finder shall be fifty dollars ($50.00).
"(h) The charge for pilotage services during adjustment of compasses and calibration of radio direction finder shall be seventy-five dollars ($75.00).
"(i) All vessels calling at either of the Cape Fear River ports which require pilotage will pay full pilotage rates regardless of the reason of call."
Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This Act shall be in full force and effect on and after July 1, 1959.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 17th day of June, 1959.