Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXX - River Pilots › Subpart 1 - Board of Examiners of Bar Pilots for the Port of New Orleans › Chapter 4 - Standards of Conduct: Proper and Safe Pilotage › Section LXX-401 - Adoption of Inland Navigational Rules

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. For those waters on which the Inland rules
				  apply within the jurisdiction of the bar pilots, the board of examiners has
				  adopted, by reference and in its entirety, the Inland Navigational Rules at
				  33 U.S.C. Section
				  2001 et seq. The board of examiners also
				  adopted the navigation safety standards set forth in Title 33 CFR Part 164(p) .
				  All bar pilots and bar pilot applicants shall be subject to these Inland
				  Navigational rules and safety standards as adopted herein by reference.
Title 33 CFR Part 164(p)(p) The person directing the
					 movement of the vessel sets the vessel's speed with consideration for:
(1) The prevailing visibility and weather
				  conditions;
(2) The proximity of
				  the vessel to fixed shore and marine structures;
(3) The tendency of the vessel underway to
				  squat and suffer impairment of maneuverability when there is small underkeel
				  clearance;
(4) The comparative
				  proportions of the vessel and the channel;
(5) The density of marine traffic;
(6) The damage that might be caused by the
				  vessel's wake;
(7) The strength and
				  direction of the current; and
(8)
				  Any local vessel speed limit;
NOTE: These rules CFR 110.195 and 161.402 have not been
					 adopted but should be reviewed by all pilots and applicants.
Title
					 33
					 CFR 110.195
(a) The Anchorage Grounds. Unless otherwise
				  specified, all anchorage widths are measured from the average low water plane
				  (ALWP).
(1) Pilottown Anchorage. An area 5.2
				  miles in length along the right descending bank of the river from mile 1.5 to
				  mile 6.7 above Head of Passes, extending in width to 1600 feet from the left
				  descending bank of the river.
Title 33 CFR 161.402
(c) Navigation of South and Southwest Passes.
(1) No vessel, except small craft and
				  towboats and tugs without tows, shall enter either South Pass or southwest Pass
				  from the Gulf until after any descending vessel which has approached within two
				  and one-half (2 1/2) miles of the outer end of the jetties and visible to the
				  ascending vessel shall have passed to sea.
(2) No vessel having a speed of less than 10
				  mph shall enter South Pass from the Gulf when the state of the Mississippi
				  River exceeds 15 feet on the Carrollton Gage at New Orleans. This paragraph
				  does not apply when Southwest Pass is closed to navigation.
(3) No vessel, except small craft and
				  towboats and tugs without tows, ascending South Pass shall pass Franks Crossing
				  Light until after a descending vessel shall have passed Depot Point
				  Light.
(4) No vessel, except small
				  craft and towboats and tugs without tows, shall enter the channel at the head
				  of South Pass until after an ascending vessel which has reached Franks Crossing
				  Light shall have passed through into the river.
(5) When navigating South Pass during periods
				  of darkness no tow shall consist of more than one towed vessel other than small
				  craft, and during daylight hours no tow shall consist of more than two towed
				  vessels other than small craft. Tows may be in any formation, When towing on a
				  hawser, the hawser shall be as short as practicable to provide full control at
				  all times.
(6) When towing in
				  Southwest Pass during periods of darkness no tow shall consist of more than two
				  towed vessels other than small craft, and during daylight hours no tow shall
				  consist of more than three towed vessels other than small craft.