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.