DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
Pilotage Rate Review Committee Notice of Intent to Modify the Port of Miami Rate of Pilotage
To all interested parties; the Pilotage Rate Review Committee has determined that as of October 1, 2017 the rates of pilotage at Port Miami are MODIFIED to the following:
1.Draft Charges apply to all vessels at $17.433 per draft foot with an 18-foot minim, for the first 28 feet and $23.325 per foot for each foot above 28 feet;
2.The following tonnage rates apply:
a.A tonnage charge of $0.0386 per Gross Registered Ton (GRT) with a 5,000 GRT minimum, applied to the first 70,000 GRT;
b.A tonnage charge of $0.0364 per Gross Registered Ton (GRT) shall be applied for each additional Ton at or above 70,001 GRT, up to 79,999 GRT;
c.a tonnage charge of $0.0251 per Gross Registered Ton (GRT) shall be applied for each additional Ton at or above 80,000 GRT, up to 129,999 GRT;
d.a Tonnage charge of $0.0163 per Gross Registered Ton (GRT) shall be applied for each additional Ton at or above 130,000 GRT;
3.At the discretion of the Biscayne Bay Pilots an additional pilot may be assigned to any neo-panamax vessel calling on Port Miami with the commensurate result that said vessel shall be charged a double pilotage fee. In no case, may more than two pilots be assigned to handle any neo-panamax vessel;
4.Detention of pilots – 25% of accessed pilotage fee per hour after the first one half hour. In no case, may a delay in departure caused by a medical emergency or force majeure be considered a detention;
5.Cancellation of pilots – 25% of accessed pilotage fee;
6.Harbor Control Charge-$100 per transit.
7.All other existing rates will remain unchanged.
A complete copy of the Notice of Intent to Modify Rates issued in this cause may be obtained by contacting the Executive Director of the Committee at Department of Business and Professional Regulation, 2601 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32399.
NOTICE OF HEARING RIGHTS
You may seek review of this Order, pursuant to Sections 120.569 and 120.57, Florida Statutes, by filing a petition with the Executive Director of the Committee at Department of Business and Professional Regulation, 2601 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32399, within 21 days of the publication of this Order. If you dispute any material fact upon which the Committee’s decision is based, you may request a hearing before an administrative law judge pursuant to Section 120.57(1), Florida Statutes; your petition must contain the information required by Rule 28-106.201, Florida Administrative Code, including a statement of the material facts which are in dispute. If you do not dispute any material fact, you may request a hearing before the Committee pursuant to Section 120.57(2), Florida Statutes; your petition must include the information required by Rule 28-106.301, Florida Administrative Code.
Pursuant to Section 120.573, Florida Statutes, you are hereby notified that mediation pursuant to that section is not available.
Unless a proper WRITTEN request for a hearing is received on or before the above-stated deadline or if a request for hearing is made, but the request is subsequently withdrawn, this Notice shall become a FINAL ORDER.
