PLYMOUTH PILOTAGE SERVICE/CATTEWATER HARBOUR COMMISSIONERS
HARBOUR AUTHORITY for the PORT OF PLYMOUTH

'Brilliance of the Seas' Cruise Liner visiting the Port of Plymouth in July 2002

SCALE OF PILOTAGE CHARGES NTM : PILOTAGE DIRECTION FOR THE PORT OF PLYMOUTH TOWAGE GUIDELINES - CATTEWATER HARBOUR PLYMOUTH Effective1st April 2008

SCALE OF PILOTAGE CHARGES PILOTAGE ACT 1987     NOTICE TO ALL MARINERS     Pursuant of Section 10 of the Pilotage Act 1987 the Cattewater Harbour Commissioners as the Competent Harbour Authority for the Port of Plymouth hereby make the following list of charges with effect from 0001 BST on 1 APRIL 2008:-     Services of a Pilot The services of a Pilot in the Plymouth Pilotage District are supplied on request in accordance with the conditions laid down in the current Pilotage Direction.   Each separate act of pilotage is charged according to the ‘Table of Rates’.  The rate applicable depends on both the length of the vessel and the draught.       TABLE OF RATES   -  £ (Pounds Sterling)   Draught in Metres Rate 1 Rate 2 Rate 3 Rate 4 Rate 5 Rate 6 Rate 7 Rate 8 Rate 9 Rate10                 >250m  l.o.a.   >225m  l.o.a.   >200m  l.o.a.   >175m  l.o.a.   >150m  l.o.a.   >130m  l.o.a.   >110m  l.o.a.   >90m l.o.a.   >70m l.o.a.   >50m l.o.a. ê                     3 353 337 323 308 294 242 206 167 140 119 4 456 435 414 395 376 313 266 195 175 150 5 605 576 548 522 497 415 352 244 217 185 6 720 686 653 622 592 494 418 301 266 227 7 930 886 844 803 765 637 547 364 323 274 8 1127 1073 1022 973 927 775 657 436 384 332 9 1256 1196 1139 1085 1033 860 729 511 453 389 10 1380 1314 1252 1192 1135 948 805 597 529 453   Notes:  1.  Intermediate rates interpolated per decimetre. 2.  Minimum Charge:  All ships drawing less than 3m of water are charged as if they were that       draught. 3.  Draught over 10 metres  – rate increases pro-rata for each decimetre increase. 4.  The above charges are inclusive of Pilotage and Boarding and Landing.                           Rate 11  - Detention on Board:  Where a Pilot is retained on board a vessel at the request of the Master, the rate for this shall be £83.00 per hour over and above the first hour after boarding. There is no rate payable in case of detention from stress of weather other than reimbursement of Pilot's expenses to returning to Plymouth and normal provision of meals and other necessities of life that the Pilot may require on board.   Rate 12 - Swinging ship/Degaussing etc: In the case of navigating over the degaussing range or carrying out compass adjustment, the charge of £83.00 per hour will be made in addition to the normal charge for Pilotage dependant on draught of the ship.   Rate 13 - Dead Ships:  Acts of Pilotage carried out on a dead ship  (ie: one without a serviceable main engine) will be surcharged at a rate of 100% above all other rates applicable.   Rate 14 - Pilotage Exemption Certificates:  Not withstanding the provisions of Rates 1 to 10 inclusive of this list, those vessels of which the Master or First Mate, being embarked and employed upon navigating duties, holds a Pilotage Exemption Certificate for the Port of Plymouth shall be charged for each Act of Pilotage at the rates below, as their contribution to the maintenance of the Pilotage Service:                                                 Use of Pilotage Exemption Certificate   Up  to         999 net registered tons    £31.50 1000  to   3,999       £84.50 4000  to   5,999       £105.00 Over 6,000       £121.50                                        Note 5 - Masters and First Mates holding a Pilotage Exemption Certificate, and wishing to pilot their ship within the Port of Plymouth shall include their name and certificate number in their ETA signal.  Failure to comply with this provision will result in a Pilot being provided and appropriate charges being raised.   Rate 15 - Use of Pilot Boat other than for pilotage operations:  £102.00 per half hour or part of half hour.