The Coast Guard is proposing new base Great Lakes pilotage rates for the 2021 shipping season.
The proposed rule would adjust the pilotage rates to account for changes in district operating expenses, an increase in the number of pilots, and anticipated inflation. Additionally, the proposed rule would make one change to the ratemaking methodology to account for actual inflation, and two policy changes.
The first policy change would be to always round up numbers, as opposed to rounding to the...
https://www.workboat.com/news/government/great-lakes-pilotage-rates-proposed-for-2021/