Delaware Code Title 23 Sec. 131 – Pilotage rates
(a) For services rendered on and after January 1, 1990, the rates of pilotage for conducting a vessel from the Capes of the Delaware to a point on the Delaware River no further upriver than the Delair Railroad Bridge between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Delair, New Jersey, or from a point on the Delaware River no further upriver than the Delair Railroad Bridge between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Delair, New Jersey, to the Capes of the Delaware shall be, in either case, the charge resulting from the following computation:
(1) a. A charge, to be known as a unit charge, will be made for each pilotage, determined by length overall (in feet) multiplied by the extreme breadth (in feet) of the vessel, divided by 100.
b. For the purposes of this section, the following definitions shall be applied:
1. “Length overall” shall be the distance between the forward and after extremities of the vessel.
2. “Extreme breadth” shall be the maximum breadth between the outside of the shell platings of the vessel.
3. All measurements shall be in feet and in inches (United States). Inches shall be converted as follows:
| 1?=.1 | 4?=.3 | 7?=.6 | 10?=.8 | |
| 2?=.2 | 5?=.4 | 8?=.7 | 11?=.9 | |
| 3?=.3 | 6?=.5 | 9?=.8 |
