Designated Waters and Contiguous Waters

• • 1 (1) Subject to subsection (2), the basic charge for a passage, other than a movage, through International District No. 1 or any part of it, and its contiguous waters, is $18.01 for each kilometre ($29.97 for each statute mile), plus $400 for each lock transited.

  • (2) The minimum and maximum basic charges for a through trip through International District No. 1 and its contiguous waters are $875 and $3,843, respectively.

  • (3) The basic charge for a movage in International District No. 1 and its contiguous waters is $1,320.

  • (4) If a ship, during its passage through the Welland Canal, docks or undocks for any reason other than instructions given by The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation, the basic charge is $56 for each kilometre ($91.91 for each statute mile), plus $342 for each lock transited, with a minimum charge of $1,143.

  • (5) The basic charge, other than that specified in subsection (4), for a pilotage service in International District No. 2 and its contiguous waters set out in column 1 of the following table is set out in column 2:

    Item	Column 1	Column 2
    	Pilotage Service	Basic Charge ($)
    1	Through the Welland Canal, if the pilot is changed at Lock 7,
    	(a) for that portion of the passage between the northern limit of the Canal and Lock 7	2,108
    	(b) for that portion of the passage between Lock 7 and the southern limit of the Canal	2,108
    2	Between Southeast Shoal and Toledo or any point on Lake Erie west of Southeast Shoal	2,253
    3	Between points on Lake Erie west of Southeast Shoal	1,330
    4	Between Southeast Shoal and the Port Huron Change Point or any point on the St. Clair River, if the pilot is not changed at the Detroit pilot boat	3,919
    5	Between Southeast Shoal and Detroit, Windsor or any point on the Detroit River	2,253
    6	Between Southeast Shoal and the Detroit pilot boat	1,631
    7	Between Toledo or any point on Lake Erie west of Southeast Shoal and the Port Huron Change Point, if the pilot is not changed at the Detroit pilot boat	4,543
    8	Between Toledo or any point on Lake Erie west of Southeast Shoal and Detroit, Windsor or any point on the Detroit River	2,925
    9	Between Toledo or any point on Lake Erie west of Southeast Shoal and the Detroit pilot boat	2,253
    10	Between Detroit, Windsor or any point on the Detroit River and any point on the Detroit River	1,330
    11	Between Detroit, Windsor or any point on the Detroit River and the Port Huron Change Point or any point on the St. Clair River	2,949
    12	Between the Detroit pilot boat and any point on the St. Clair River	2,949
    13	Between the Detroit pilot boat and the Port Huron Change Point	2,289
    14	Between points on the St. Clair River	1,330
    15	Between the Port Huron Change Point and any point on the St. Clair River	1,631

  • (6) The basic charge for a pilotage service in International District No. 3 and its contiguous waters set out in column 1 of the following table is set out in column 2:

    Item	Column 1	Column 2
    	Pilotage Service	Basic Charge ($)
    1	Trip, other than a movage, between the southern limit of the District and the northern limit of the District or the Algoma Steel Corporation Wharf at Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario	2,980
    2	Trip, other than a movage, between the southern limit of the District and Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, or any point in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, other than the Algoma Steel Corporation Wharf at Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario	2,496
    3	Trip, other than a movage, between the northern limit of the District and Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, including the Algoma Steel Corporation Wharf at Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, or Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan	1,122
    4	Movage	1,122

  • (7) An additional charge of $250 is payable for each embarkation or disembarkation of a Canadian pilot at the Detroit pilot boat.

Undesignated Waters and Contiguous Waters

• • 2 (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), the basic charge for a pilotage service set out in column 1 of the following table is set out in column 2:

    Item	Column 1	Column 2
    	Pilotage Service	Basic Charge ($)
    1	Being present on board, for a six-hour period or part of a six-hour period, in the undesignated waters and contiguous waters of
    	(a) Lake Ontario	986
    	(b) Lake Erie	867
    	(c) Lake Huron, Lake Michigan or Lake Superior	599
    2	Docking or undocking each time in the undesignated waters and contiguous waters of
    	(a) Lake Ontario	939
    	(b) Lake Erie	668
    	(c) Lake Huron, Lake Michigan or Lake Superior	573

  • (2) If a ship with a pilot on board makes a direct transit of the undesignated waters and contiguous waters of Lake Erie between Southeast Shoal and Port Colborne, the basic charges set out in subsection (1) are not chargeable unless

    • (a) the ship is required by law to have a pilot on board in those waters; or

    • (b) the pilot provides pilotage services in those waters at the request of the master of the ship.

  • (3) The basic charge for pilotage services consisting of a lockage and a movage between Buffalo and any point on the Niagara River below the Black Rock Lock is $1,704.

Detention

• • 3 (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), if a pilot is detained for the convenience of a ship after the end of the pilot’s assignment or during an interruption of the passage of the ship through designated waters or contiguous waters, an additional basic charge of $79 is payable for each hour or part of an hour that the pilot is detained.

  • (2) The maximum basic charge payable under subsection (1) for any 24-hour period is $1,896.

  • (3) No basic charge for the detention of a pilot is payable under this section during an interruption of the passage of a ship

    • (a) that is caused by ice, weather or traffic, unless the interruption is during the period beginning on December 1 in a year and ending on April 8 in the next year; or

    • (b) that ends during a period in respect of which a basic charge is set out in item 1 of the table to subsection 2(1).

Delays

• • 4 (1) Subject to subsection (2), if the departure or movage of a ship to which a pilot has been assigned is delayed for the convenience of the ship for more than one hour after the pilot reports for duty at the designated boarding point, a basic charge of $79 is payable for each hour or part of an hour of that delay, including the first hour.

  • (2) The maximum basic charge payable under subsection (1) for any 24-hour period is $1,896.

Cancellations

• • 5 (1) If a request for pilotage services is cancelled after the pilot reports for duty at the designated boarding point, a basic charge of $1,648 is payable.

  • (2) Subject to subsection (3), if a request for pilotage services is cancelled more than one hour after the pilot reports for duty at the designated boarding point, in addition to the basic charge set out in subsection (1), a basic charge of $79 is payable for each hour or part of an hour, including the first hour, between the time that the pilot reports for duty and the time of cancellation.

  • (3) The maximum basic charge payable under subsection (2) for any 24-hour period is $1,896.

  • (4) If a request for pilotage services is cancelled after a pilot has left the pilot’s work station for the designated boarding point, there must be, in addition to any other basic charge set out in this section, a charge in an amount equal to reasonable travel and other expenses incurred by the pilot in travelling from the work station to that boarding point and back to the work station.

Assignment of More than One Pilot

• 6 If more than one pilot is assigned to a ship, the basic charges set out in this Schedule must be multiplied by the number of pilots assigned.

Slow-Moving Ships

• • 7 (1) If a ship exchanges pilots in accordance with subsection 8.1(1) of the Great Lakes Pilotage Regulations, the basic charges set out in this Schedule must be multiplied in accordance with section 6.

  • (2) If a ship that is required to exchange pilots under subsection 8.1(1) of the Great Lakes Pilotage Regulations does not do so because no licensed pilot is available for an exchange, the basic charges set out in this Schedule must be doubled.

  • (3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply in respect of a ship that is required to exchange pilots under subsection 8.1(1) of the Great Lakes Pilotage Regulations because the ship was slowed down by ice, weather or traffic.

Overcarriage

• • 8 (1) If a pilot is unable to board a ship at the normal boarding point and must, in order to board it, travel beyond the area for which the pilot’s services are requested, a basic charge of $474 is payable for each 24-hour period or part of a 24-hour period during which the pilot is away from the normal boarding point.

  • (2) If a pilot is carried on a ship beyond the area for which the pilot’s services are requested, a basic charge of $474 is payable for each 24-hour period or part of a 24-hour period before the pilot’s return to the place where the pilot normally would have disembarked.

  • (3) In addition to the basic charges set out in subsections (1) and (2), there must be a charge in an amount equal to reasonable travel and other expenses incurred by a pilot that are directly associated with the requirement to travel to or from a place other than the pilot’s normal boarding or disembarking place.

General

• 1 The basic charge for a pilotage service set out in column 1 of the following table is set out in column 2 but is subject to the minimum basic charge set out in column 3, if applicable:

  Item	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
  	Pilotage Service	Basic Charge ($)	Minimum Basic Charge ($)
  1	Trip between the eastern limit of the Cornwall District and Cornwall or the pilot boarding station near Saint-Régis, Quebec	4,510	N/A
  2	Trip other than a trip referred to in item 1	20.71 for each kilometre (34.46 for each statute mile), plus 576 for each lock transited	1,160
  3	Docking or undocking for the purpose of loading or unloading cargo, stores or bunker fuel or of effecting repairs	808	N/A
  4	Movage	1,737	N/A

Detention

• • 2 (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), if a pilot is detained for the convenience of a ship after the end of the pilot’s assignment or during an interruption of the passage of the ship through the Cornwall District, an additional basic charge of $151 is payable for each hour or part of an hour that the pilot is detained.

  • (2) The maximum basic charge payable under subsection (1) for any 24-hour period is $3,624.

  • (3) No basic charge for detention of a pilot is payable under this section during an interruption of the passage of a ship that is caused by ice, weather or traffic, unless the interruption is during the period beginning on December 1 in a year and ending on April 8 in the next year.

Delays

• • 3 (1) Subject to subsection (2), if the departure or movage of a ship to which a pilot has been assigned is delayed for the convenience of the ship for more than one hour after the pilot reports for duty at the designated boarding point, a basic charge of $151 is payable for each hour or part of an hour of that delay, including the first hour.

  • (2) The maximum basic charge payable under subsection (1) for any 24-hour period is $3,624.

Cancellations

• • 4 (1) If a request for pilotage services is cancelled after the pilot reports for duty at the designated boarding point, a basic charge of $1,719 is payable.

  • (2) Subject to subsection (3), if a request for pilotage services is cancelled more than one hour after the pilot reports for duty at the designated boarding point, in addition to the basic charge set out in subsection (1), a basic charge of $151 is payable for each hour or part of an hour, including the first hour, between the time that the pilot reports for duty and the time of the cancellation.

  • (3) The maximum basic charge payable under subsection (2) for any 24-hour period is $3,624.

  • (4) If a request for pilotage services is cancelled after a pilot has left the pilot’s work station for the designated boarding point, there must be, in addition to any other basic charge set out in this section, a charge in an amount equal to reasonable travel and other expenses incurred by the pilot in travelling from the work station to that boarding point and back to the work station.

Assignment of More than One Pilot

• 5 If more than one pilot is assigned to a ship, the basic charges set out in this Schedule must be multiplied by the number of pilots assigned.

• 1 The basic charge for a pilotage service that is provided during the period beginning on July 20 in a year and ending on October 31 in the same year and that is set out in column 1 of the following table, is set out in column 2:

  Item	Column 1	Column 2
  	Pilotage Service	Basic Charge ($)
  1	Entering or exiting the port	1,568
  2	Movage	1,095
  3	Embarking or disembarking a pilot at a pilot boarding station if a boat is used	The amount charged to hire the boat

• 2 The basic charges for any service provided in a year during the period preceding July 20 or following October 31 are the following:

  • (a) the salary and benefits of the pilot, as contracted, beginning on the date of the pilot’s departure from the pilot’s home base and ending on the date of the pilot’s return to that home base;

  • (b) the travel expenses of the pilot, starting from and ending at the pilot’s home base, including transportation, meals and lodging;

  • (c) the cost of the pilot’s use of a pilot boat, helicopter or other means of transportation; and

  • (d) a surcharge of 15% on the total of the amounts referred to in paragraphs (a) to (c), to cover administrative and assignment costs.