• 3. (1) A bridge watch begins

  • (a) when the pilot reports on the bridge of a ship and takes conduct thereof; or

  • (b) when the ship is ready to sail, the pilot reports on the bridge and orders are given to commence preparation for departure.

• (2) A bridge watch ends

  • (a) when the pilot leaves the bridge to disembark at the pilot boarding station or when the pilot is relieved by another pilot;

  • (b) when the ship has been secured at anchor and the pilot is released from the bridge; or

  • (c) when the ship has tied up alongside a berth and no further pilotage services are required.

4. Time charges for pilotage services are payable in respect of each pilot for each hour or part of an hour comprised in a period of pilotage service determined in accordance with section 5.

• 5. (1) For the purposes of calculating the charges referred to in sections 4 and 7, a period of pilotage service

  • (a) begins at the earlier of

    • (i) the time for which the pilot is ordered, or

    • (ii) the time the pilot commences a bridge watch; and

  • (b) ends when the pilot is able to disembark ship.

• (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), where, for reasons unrelated to any act or omission of the owner, master or agent of the ship, a pilot is unable to board a ship and commence an assignment at the time for which he was ordered, the time charge shall commence at the time the pilot reports for the assignment.

• 6. (1) Except as otherwise provided by this section, for an assignment to a ship set out in column 1 of Schedule 2, in waters set out in column 2, the pilotage charge payable is the amount set out in column 3 multiplied by the pilotage unit.

• (2) Subject to subsection (4), for an assignment to a ship that is 226 m or more in overall length, the pilotage charge payable is the sum of

  • (a) $3.3700 multiplied by the pilotage unit, and

  • (b) $0.00985 multiplied by the gross tonnage of the ship.

• (3) Subject to subsection (4), for an assignment to a tethered tanker ship with a deadweight tonnage (summer) that exceeds 39 999 metric tons, in any waters, the pilotage charge payable is $5.7930 multiplied by the pilotage unit.

• (4) For an assignment to a tethered tanker ship that is 226 m or more in overall length with a deadweight tonnage (summer) that exceeds 39 999 metric tons, in any waters, the pilotage charge payable is the sum of

  • (a) $5.0550 multiplied by the pilotage unit, and

  • (b) $0.0148 multiplied by the gross tonnage of the ship.

• (5) For an assignment that begins or ends on December 25, a charge of double the pilotage charge under this section is payable.