La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § LXX -3701

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section LXX -3701 - Duty of the Pilot

A. The pilot's duties and responsibilities are particular to a pilotage area. A pilot is required to inform a vessel's navigators of the local conditions in the pilotage area. The pilot is required to possess qualities of expertise and knowledge in the territory of the pilotage waters.

B. The pilot is required to perform this service with the necessary skill and without neglect. The pilot is not the insurer of the vessel's safety. The vessel's master and the ship owner are responsible for the sufficiency of the ship and its equipment, the competence of the master, and the crew and their duty to appropriately respond to the advice provided by the pilot.

C. Notwithstanding the responsibility of the pilot to keep the vessel's crew apprised of the local conditions, the master or designee remains in command of the vessel and must intervene in the vessel's navigation if the master deems it is appropriate

D. The pilot is required to maintain a current telephone number, text number, email, and address with the board in the manner prescribed by the board.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § LXX -3701

Promulgated by the Office of the Governor, Board of River Port Pilot Commissioners, LR 47882 (7/1/2021).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 34:991(B)(3).