Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 494 - BOARD OF PILOTAGE COMMISSIONERS › Chapter 494-1 - SAINT SIMONS AND SAINT ANDREWS BARS › Subject 494-1-1 - RULES FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF BAR AND HARBOR PILOTAGE › Rule 494-1-1-.02 - Definitions

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) APPRENTICE means an individual approved
				and certified by the Commissioners who is undergoing an approved pilot training
				and qualification program.
(2) BAR
				means the entrance to any port at such place in the Atlantic Ocean where the
				U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is authorized to commence harbor
				maintenance.
(3) BRANCH means a
				category of pilot license denoting, the absence of restrictions, or the level
				of restriction, placed upon the holder of said license.
(4) COAST GUARD means the United States Coast
				Guard.
(5) COMMISSIONERS means the
				Board of Pilot Commissioners for St. Simons and St. Andrews Bars.
(6) CONN means to direct the steering of a
				vessel. For example, the person giving orders to the helmsman (not just
				relaying orders) is said to "have the conn" or to be "conning the
				ship."
(7) DIRECTION AND CONTROL
				means power or authority given to direct a vessel.
(8) DRAFT means the deepest vertical distance
				required by any vessel to float measured from the surface of the water to a
				depth equal to the deepest portion of a vessel's hull or
				appurtenances.
(9) EXAMINER means a
				member of a Board of Examiners convened by the Commissioners to examine
				apprentices for issuance of pilot licenses, and to examine pilots holding
				restricted pilot licenses for the next higher license.
(10) FEDERAL PILOT means any person licensed
				under the provisions of  46 USC 7101- 7114, and required to serve under the
				authority of  46 USC 8502, or who may be required to serve under  46 USC 8503.
(11) FOR CAUSE means that a
				pilot or apprentice is suspended or deprived of his or her license because of
				negligence, unskillfulness, inattention to duty, intemperance, addiction to the
				use of drugs, mental derangement, misconduct, or willful violation of these
				regulations.
(12) FOREIGN FLAG
				means a vessel registered in a country other than the United States
(13) FULL BRANCH means a license with no
				restrictions.
(14) GROSS TONS means
				the gross registered tonnage of any vessel as measured under the 1969
				International Tonnage Convention.
(15) GROUNDING means a vessel that is resting
				or lodged on the bottom.
(16)
				HARBOR means the waterways inshore of the bar, within a port, on which commerce
				may be carried.
(17) HAZARDOUS
				CONDITION means any vessel that does not meet the pilot's general
				determinations relative to safe vessel movement. The determinations may
				consider, but not be limited to, vessel draft, state of tide, channel depths,
				directions of tidal currents, individual vessel maneuvering characteristics,
				vessel size, presence of other vessels, width of channels, and
				visibility.
(18) LICENSE means a
				document issued by the Commissioners to a pilot authorizing that individual to
				serve as a State pilot on board such vessels requiring same.
(19) PILOT means an individual licensed by
				the Commissioners as a pilot for the Port of Brunswick, Georgia.
(20) PILOT WATERS means those waters of the
				bar and within the harbor on which pilots are required.
(21) PORT means the geographic area, defined
				by political boundaries, surrounding and including the harbor and
				bar.
(22) PUBLIC VESSEL means a
				vessel meeting the definition contained in  46 USC 2101(24).
(23) REPORTABLE INCIDENT means any incident
				or potential incident that affects or could affect safety within the
				Port.
(24) RESTRICTED PILOT LICENSE
				means a license issued to a pilot with restrictions as to size, type, or
				route.
(25) REVOCATION means to
				deprive a pilot of his or her license to pilot indefinitely.
(26) SEAGOING VESSEL means any vessel that
				measures 200 or more gross tons.
(27) SHORT BRANCH means a pilot license that
				is restricted to service on vessels of certain size and draft
				limitations.
(28) STATE PILOT means
				a pilot licensed by the Commissioners.
(29) SUSPENSION means to suspend the
				authority to pilot for a period of time.
(30) VESSEL means, generally, every
				contrivance of watercraft, including craft self propelled by machinery and/or
				sail and non-self propelled crafts towed or pushed by another craft.
Authority O.C.G.A. Sec.
				  52-6-11.