1625-0086 Stat/Authority

46 CFR 401.220 (up to date as of 8/22/2025)
Registration of Pilots.

46 CFR 401.220 (Aug. 22, 2025)

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Title 46 —Shipping
Chapter III —Coast Guard (Great Lakes Pilotage), Department of Homeland Security
Part 401 —Great Lakes Pilotage Regulations
Subpart B —Registration of Pilots
Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2103, 2104(a), 6101, 7701, 8105, 9303, 9304; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4, paragraphs
(II)(92)(a), (d), (e), (f).

§ 401.220 Registration of Pilots.
(a) The Director must determine the number of Pilots required to be registered in order to assure adequate
and efficient pilotage service in the United States waters of the Great Lakes and to provide for equitable
participation of United States Registered Pilots with Canadian Registered Pilots in the rendering of
pilotage services. The Director determines the number of Pilots needed as follows:
(1) The Director determines the base number of Pilots needed by dividing each area's peak pilotage
demand data by its pilot work cycle. The Pilot work cycle standard includes any time that the
Director finds to be a necessary and reasonable component of ensuring that a pilotage assignment
is carried out safely, efficiently, and reliably for each area. These components may include, but are
not limited to—
(i)

Amount of time a Pilot provides pilotage service or is available to a vessel's Master to provide
pilotage service;

(ii) Pilot travel time, measured from the Pilot's base, to and from an assignment's starting and
ending points;
(iii) Assignment delays and detentions;
(iv) Administrative time for a Pilot who serves as a pilot association's president;
(v) Rest between assignments, as required by § 401.451;
(vi) Ten days' recuperative rest per month from April 15 through November 15 each year, provided
that lesser rest allowances are approved by the Director at the pilot association's request, if
necessary to provide pilotage without interruption through that period; and
(vii) Pilotage-related training.
(2) Pilotage demand and the base seasonal work standard are based on available and reliable data, as
so deemed by the Director, for a multi-year base period. The multi-year period is the 10 most recent
past years, and the data source is a system approved under 46 CFR 403.300. Where such data are
not available or reliable, the Director also may use data, from additional past years or other sources,
that the Director determines to be available and reliable.
(3) The number of Pilots needed in each district is calculated by totaling the area results by district and
rounding them to the nearest whole integer. For supportable circumstances, the Director may make
reasonable and necessary adjustments to the rounded result to provide for changes that the Director
anticipates will affect the need for Pilots in the district over the period for which base rates are being
established.
46 CFR 401.220(a)(3) (enhanced display)

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46 CFR 401.220 (up to date as of 8/22/2025)
Registration of Pilots.

46 CFR 401.220(b)

(b) Registration of Pilots must be made from among those Apprentice Pilots who have:
(1) Completed the minimum number of round trips prescribed by the Director over the waters for which
application is made on oceangoing vessels, in company with a United States Registered Pilot or
Temporary Registered Pilot, and in accordance with the Apprentice Pilot's approved individual
training plan;
(2) Completed the approved course of instruction for Apprentice Pilots prescribed by the association
authorized to establish the pilotage pool; and
(3) After completing the requirements in paragraphs (b)(1) and (2) of this section, satisfactorily
completed a written examination prescribed by the Director, evidencing their knowledge and
understanding of the Great Lakes Pilotage Act of 1960, Great Lakes Pilotage Regulations, Rules and
Orders; the Memorandum of Understanding, Great Lakes Pilotage, between the United States and
Canada; and other related matters including the working rules and operating procedures of the
district, given at such time and place as the Director may designate within the pilotage district of the
Apprentice Pilot.
(c) The pilot association authorized to establish a pilotage pool in which an Apprentice Pilot has qualified for
registration under paragraph (b) of this section must submit to the Director, in writing, its
recommendations together with its reasons for or against the registration of the Apprentice Pilot.
(d) Subject to the provisions of paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this section, an Apprentice Pilot found to be
qualified under this subpart may be considered fully registered and issued a Certificate of Registration,
valid for a term of five (5) years or until the expiration of their Master, Mate, or Pilot endorsement, or until
the Pilot reaches age 70, whichever occurs first.
[29 FR 10465, July 28, 1964]

Editorial Note: For FEDERAL REGISTER citations affecting § 401.220, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which
appears in the Finding Aids section of the printed volume and at www.govinfo.gov.

46 CFR 401.220(d) (enhanced display)

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