Canadian Pilotage Provides Better Value for Money Than Almost Any Other System in The World
Canadian pilotage provides users with a top-notch service, operating with a safety record of virtually 100%, handling ever-larger vessels through increasingly congested waterways. Yet the pilotage tariffs charged to users of the service by the country’s four regional pilotage authorities are among the lowest in the world, and have been for many years. Excellent service at a very reasonable cost adds up to a great value-for-money proposition.
A Comparison of Canadian Tariffs with Other Jurisdictions
When compared to other jurisdictions around the globe, the Canadian pilotage tariff is very low.
The following table illustrates the cost of pilotage service per nautical mile for a representative sampling of comparable pilotage assignments around the world. Canadian pilotage costs compare very favourably with other locations.
Canadian pilotage tariffs are not only lower than those charged by most competing jurisdictions, but they represent, in absolute terms, only a tiny fraction of the overall operating costs for shipping lines. It follows that the cost of pilotage in Canada has no negative impact on modal preference, choice of shipping route or rates charged to shippers.1
1 For Canadian shipowners, costs related to pilotage represent approximately 2% of a vessel’s total operating costs. Statistics Canada reports indicate that this relationship between pilotage costs and total vessel operating costs has been constant over time.
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