New York Laws
Article 6 - Pilots and Pilotage Fees, Port of New York
89-B - Pilotage on Long Island Sound and Block Island Sound; Rates.

(b) The following scale of charges shall be applicable:
(1) Upon the effective date of this paragraph and thereafter:
All vessels shall pay eight dollars and eighty-six cents per pilotage
unit; from January first, two thousand twenty-three until January first,
two thousand twenty-four all vessels shall pay nine dollars and
ninety-seven cents per pilotage unit; from January first, two thousand
twenty-four until January first, two thousand twenty-five, all vessels
shall pay ten dollars and twenty-seven cents per pilotage unit; from
January first, two thousand twenty-five until January first, two
thousand twenty-six all vessels shall pay ten dollars and fifty-eight
cents per pilotage unit; from January first, two thousand twenty-six
until January first, two thousand twenty-seven all vessels shall pay ten
dollars and eighty-nine cents per pilotage unit; on and after January
first, two thousand twenty-seven all vessels shall pay eleven dollars
and twenty-two cents per pilotage unit.
(2) A minimum charge calculated on two hundred pilotage units shall
apply to vessels of less than two hundred units of measurement. A
maximum charge calculated on five hundred pilotage units shall apply to
vessels of more than five hundred units of measurement.
(3) Pilotage units, as used in this subdivision, shall be determined
by multiplying the overall length of the vessel by the extreme breadth
by the depth to the uppermost continuous deck and dividing the total by
ten thousand, as expressed in the following formula:

Overall length X extreme breadth X depth
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10,000
equals pilotage units
(4) After entering Long Island Sound or Block Island Sound or before
departing therefrom, all vessels piloted for less than twenty-five miles
shall pay a transporting charge equal to two-thirds of the statutory
rate for registered vessels.
(5) A pilot detained on board a vessel at anchor or detained on board
a vessel at berth for more than two hours shall be paid at the rate of
twenty-five dollars per hour or fraction thereof.
(6) A pilot carried off on board a vessel by reason of bad weather or
any other cause shall be paid two hundred dollars per day during the
time of his detention. He shall also be awarded first class return
transportation at the earliest possible time.
(c) Definitions. "Overall length" is the distance between the forward
and after extremities of the vessel.
"Extreme breadth" is the maximum breadth to the outside of the shell
plating of the vessel.

"Depth" is the vertical distance at amidships from the top of the keel
plate to the uppermost continuous deck, fore and aft, and which extends
to the sides of the vessel. The continuity of a deck shall not be
considered to be affected by the existence of openings, including but
not limited to tonnage openings, engine spaces, or a step in the deck.
All measurements shall be in feet and inches (U.S.).
The board of commissioners of pilots shall be the sole arbiter with
respect to a question concerning these definitions. The decision by the
board shall be final.
(d) The measurements of overall length, extreme breadth, and depth as
previously defined, shall be made available to the pilot by the master
or his agent for the computation of pilotage fees. Failure to provide
the measurements so required shall subject the vessel to the maximum
pilotage charge.
5. The board of commissioners of pilots is hereby authorized to
execute an agreement with the appropriate state pilotage authority of
any state for establishment of a rotation system for the assignment of
pilots for the conduct of vessels in the ports and waters of the state,
including the waters of Long Island Sound.