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(a) The tariff published and charged by a pilot or a pilot organization on behalf of its members for the provision of pilotage services in the Western Alaska Region may not exceed the charges established in this section.
(b) The maximum port charges (one way) may not exceed the following:
Cold Bay, Adak ....................................................$1,168 Dutch Harbor, Unalaska Bay, Iliuliuk Harbor, Captain's Bay .................................................1,078 Akutan, Chignik, Clarks Point, Naknek, Port Moller, Sand Point, Togiak, Ugashik, Egegik, King Cove, St. Paul Island .................................................844 Kivalina ..........................................................12,191
(c) Unlisted port charges may be negotiated between the pilot and the agent, owner, or master of the vessel.
(d) A tonnage surcharge may be charged for a vessel with a tonnage in excess of 14,000 gross tons. The tonnage surcharge per gross ton may not exceed the following:
Vessel Tonnage Surcharge 14,001 - 50,000 gross tons .........................................$.030 gross tonnage in excess of 50,000 .................................. .015
(e) All applicable charges in this section may be assessed whether piloting is to or from sea, or to or from a pilot boarding or disembarking point.
(f) The charge for standing by to pilot, or traveling to or from distant pilot stations and not actually piloting, may not exceed $86 per hour. Travel time shall commence when the pilot leaves for dispatch, or after piloting, when the pilot begins travel to return to the dispatch station. Standby and travel time may accumulate up to a maximum of 12 hours per day.
(g) A pilot may charge the actual cost for that pilot's travel expenses including plane and ferry fares, cab fares, telegrams, telephone calls, and all other expenses pertaining to vessel's business, plus per diem allowed for tax purposes by the United States Internal Revenue Service for meals and lodging for the 1993 tax year. The per diem rate shall be distributed 60 percent to hotel, 20 percent to dinner, 10 percent to lunch, and 10 percent to breakfast, rounded to the nearest dollar, but in no event may it exceed the total per diem rate. If adequate meals and lodging are not furnished to the pilot when on ship, an additional charge may be assessed by the pilot in accordance with the distribution of the per diem rate as described in this subsection.
(h) For the purposes of this section, travel, standby, and work days begin and end at midnight. Each charge accruing at any point within a midnight to midnight time period may be assessed.
(i) When a pilot exceeds eight continuous hours on duty without a six-hour rest period or presence of a relief pilot while transiting compulsory pilotage waters, overtime may be charged at a rate not to exceed $129 per hour or portion of an hour worked.
(j) The charge for moving a vessel from dock to harbor or harbor anchorage, from harbor or harbor anchorage to dock, from anchorage within a harbor to another anchorage within the same harbor, may not exceed $506 per movement.
(k) The charge for anchoring or laying to for loading cargo or discharging cargo, or anchoring for any other purpose may be assessed as a regular port charge and all other applicable charges may be assessed if the vessel was moored.
( l ) The charge for moving a vessel alongside a dock or mooring to position tanks, cargo holds, manifolds, loading arms, towers, or hoses may not exceed $506 per movement.
(m) The charge for the movement of a vessel in the absence of the vessel's own propulsion system, even if assisted by tugboats, may not exceed twice the charge under this section for each movement.
(n) The charge for a pilot being carried to sea on board and detained, or for off-duty detention on board, or for being off-duty standing by on board at the request of the master, may not exceed $1,035 per day or portion of a day, charged at a rate not to exceed $43 per hour. If the pilot disembarks at a location other than the pilot station from which the pilot was dispatched, the pilot may charge for first class return transportation and per diem.
(o) The charge for watch time on the bridge rendered by the pilot, at the master's request, while the vessel is anchored, moored, or underway may not exceed $86 per hour or portion of an hour, unless otherwise provided for in this tariff. Overtime charges apply, in accordance with (i) of this section.
(p) The charge for a second pilot, when used, may not exceed 50 percent of the applicable charge for the first pilot. All other applicable charges under this section may be assessed. The expenses of the second pilot may be charged to the same extent as the expenses of the first pilot.
(q) The charge for the services of a mooringmaster may be negotiated between the pilot and the agent, owner, or master of the vessel.
(r) When the time of movement is set by the agent, owner, or master of a vessel, the charge for any delay over two hours from the time set may not exceed $86 per hour or portion of an hour. The total charge may not exceed $1,035 per day. If the pilot is detained for two hours or less, no charge may be assessed. If the pilot is detained for more than two hours, the pilot may charge for the first two hours detained as well as other hours detained according to this subsection.
(s) Except for vessels calling at Kivalina, in addition to any other charges for vessel movement established in this section, a surcharge based on vessel length may be charged. The surcharge is a percentage of total pilotage charges assessed under this section not to exceed the following:
Vessel Length Overall Surcharge Less than 450 feet .............................................0 Percent 450 - 500 feet .................................................5 Percent 501 - 550 feet ................................................15 Percent 551 - 650 feet ................................................25 Percent Over 600 feet .................................................40 Percent
(t) The maximum tariff for the Western Alaska Region established in this section is repealed December 31, 1993.
History: Eff. 8/15/92, Register 123; am 11/7/93, Register 128
Authority: AS 08.62.040
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