33-7-12
Section 33-7-12 Mobile Harbor - Master of vessel drawing more than 12 feet passing channel
without permit, etc. Any master or person in charge of any vessel drawing more than 12 feet
of water which may enter into the dredged channel between the upper limits of the Port of
Mobile and the outer bar of the Bay or Harbor of Mobile without a permit from the harbor master,
or in violation of the rules and regulations of the State Pilotage Commission of the Port
and Harbor of Mobile, is liable to indictment in the circuit court of Mobile County or any
other court of competent jurisdiction, and shall, on conviction, be fined not more than $10,000.00,
and may also be imprisoned in the penitentiary for not more than 10 years. (Code 1886, §4139;
Code 1896, §5408; Code 1907, §7871; Code 1923, §5606; Code 1940, T. 38, §114.)...
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33-4-48
Section 33-4-48 Pay of pilots - Generally. (a) The master, owner, agent, or operator
of any ship or vessel shall pay the pilot who conducts a vessel into or out of the Bay or
Harbor of Mobile a fee to be fixed by the State Pilotage Commission at the following rate
for actual draft of water at the time of pilotage for every vessel crossing the outer bar
of Mobile Bay: Effective January 1, 2010, the sum of thirty-one dollars ($31) per draft foot;
effective January 1, 2014, the sum of thirty-three dollars ($33) per draft foot; effective
January 1, 2015, the sum of thirty-five dollars ($35) per draft foot; and effective January
1, 2016, and thereafter, the sum of thirty-seven dollars ($37) per draft foot. The minimum
pilot fee shall be computed on a minimum of 15 feet regardless of whether or not the vessel
has a draft of less than 15 feet at the time of pilotage. (b) In addition to the pilotage
fee based on the draft of the vessel, there shall also be paid to the pilots the following...

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33-4A-33
Section 33-4A-33 Pay of pilots - Generally. (a) The master, owner, agent, or operator
of any ship or vessel shall pay the bar pilot who conducts a vessel into or out of the Bay
or Harbor of Mobile a fee to be fixed by the commission at the rate of thirty-eight dollars
($38) per draft foot for actual draft of water at the time of pilotage for every vessel crossing
the outer bar of Mobile Bay. The minimum pilot fee shall be computed on a minimum of 15 feet
regardless of whether or not the vessel has a draft of less than 15 feet at the time of pilotage.
(b) In addition to the pilotage fee based on the draft of the vessel, the bar pilot shall
also be paid a pilotage fee for every vessel crossing the outer bar of Mobile Bay in the sum
of six and one-quarter cents ($0.0625) per ton. The minimum pilot fee shall be computed on
a minimum of 6,500 maximum registered gross tons, regardless of whether or not the vessel
has a maximum registered gross tonnage of less than 6,500 maximum registered...
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33-7-10
Section 33-7-10 Mobile Harbor - Fastening vessels, rafts, etc., and obstructing channel
in Mobile bay. Any person who makes any vessel, boat or watercraft of any description, or
any raft or collection of logs, lumber or timber, fast to any beacon or light stake or piling
which may be of any use or benefit in making use of the dredged channel in the Bay of Mobile
is liable to indictment in the circuit court of Mobile County, or any other court of competent
jurisdiction, and shall, on conviction, be fined not more than $500.00, and may also be imprisoned
in the county jail or sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than six months.
(Code 1886, §4137; Code 1896, §5406; Code 1907, §7869; Code 1923, §5604; Code 1940, T.
38, §112.)...
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33-7-11
Section 33-7-11 Mobile Harbor - Injuring ship channel, beacon light, etc. Any person
who knowingly or wilfully causes, or is concerned in causing, any damage or injury to any
part of the dredged channel as it now exists or may hereafter exist, at any point or points
between the upper or northern limits of the Port of Mobile and the lower part of the Bay of
Mobile, or to any beacon light, stake, piling or other matter or thing which is or may be
intended to be used, or used in connection with such dredged channel for the better navigation
of the same, is liable to indictment in the circuit court of Mobile county or any other court
of competent jurisdiction and, on conviction, shall be fined not more than $10,000.00, and
may also be imprisoned in the penitentiary for not more than 20 years. (Code 1886, §4138;
Code 1896, §5407; Code 1907, §7870; Code 1923, §5605; Code 1940, T. 38, §113.)...
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33-4-56
Section 33-4-56 Delivery of orders and letters by pilot. It is the duty of every outer-bar
pilot to deliver to the master of any and every vessel approaching the Bay or Harbor of Mobile,
as soon as he can board such vessel, all orders and letters which may be sent him for that
purpose, on the person who requires the delivery of such letters paying or securing to the
pilot $20.00 for such service, unless the pilot so employed to deliver such orders and letters
is engaged as pilot for the vessel, in which event he is entitled to $5.00 for such service.
(Acts 1931, No. 81, p. 154, §35; Code 1940, T. 38, §80.)...
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33-4-50
Section 33-4-50 Pay of pilots - Fees of pilots detained on vessels. If the master of
any vessel retains a pilot on board, the wind and weather permitting her going to sea, the
pilot is entitled to $50.00 for every day of such detention. If a master carries off a pilot
from the Bay or Harbor of Mobile, he must pay him $50.00 for every day of such absence and
supply him with such provisions as is usual for the maintenance of masters, and first class
transportation back to Mobile, Alabama, the master as well as the owner being liable therefor,
unless the vessel has laid to for the space of four hours after crossing the bar, and no pilot
boat appears to receive the pilot on board. (Acts 1931, No. 81, p. 154, §39; Code 1940, T.
38, §81; Acts 1959, No. 334, p. 927, §1.)...
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33-3-1
Section 33-3-1 Police and supervisory duties of State Port Authority. It is hereby made
the duty of the Alabama State Port Authority to police and maintain general supervision of
the harbor and Port of Mobile, as such harbor lines may be established by the authority from
time to time, and of all vessels in and about the same; to coordinate with federal, state,
and local government officials for the protection of all shipping while in the harbor and
port from fires, snags, obstructions, collisions with rafts, barges, and all other watercraft;
to facilitate the movement of all vessels and other watercraft into and out of the harbor
and port and from point to point therein having due regard to the conformation of, and conditions
surrounding the harbor, which shall include that portion of the waters extending from just
north of Buoys 7 and 8 as presently located, but more precisely being located at Latitude
30° 09.9' N, Longitude 88° 03.1' W to the north, and including the Theodore...
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33-1-32
Section 33-1-32 Violation of orders, etc., of director or agents. If any master, agent,
or owner of any water craft shall refuse or neglect to obey the lawful orders or directions
of the director or his or her agents in any matter pertaining to the regulations of Mobile
Harbor, or the removal or stationing of any water craft in violation of the navigation or
other laws of the state, such master, agent, or owner so refusing or neglecting is guilty
of a Class A misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof before any court of competent jurisdiction,
shall be punished by a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000), and may also be
imprisoned for not more than one year. Any fines so collected shall be paid to the port authority
and by it placed to the credit of the operating fund. (Code 1923, §5009; Code 1940, T. 38,
§44; Act 2009-457, p. 795, §1.)...
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33-4-46
Section 33-4-46 Grounds for depriving pilot of branch. The commission may deprive any
pilot of his branch for a willful violation of his duties, or the orders or regulation of
the commissioners, or for negligently losing or injuring any vessel in his charge; or when
laboring under mental derangement or when so addicted to habits of intoxication as to be unfit
to be intrusted with the charge of a vessel. Any pilot who fails to act as such for three
months, or absents himself for 10 days at any one time from the Bay or Harbor of Mobile without
leave of the commissioners, may be deprived of his branch. And if, while a vessel in the Bay
or Harbor of Mobile is in charge of any civil officer by virtue of process from any court
of record in this state, any pilot, with knowledge thereof, conducts or pilots such vessel
out of the bay or harbor, he forfeits his branch, and is forever disqualified from acting
as a pilot, and forfeits such sum of money as the jury may assess. (Acts 1931, No. 81,...

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