An Act To Provide An Exemption From Pilotage Requirements For Passenger Ferry Service Between Bar Harbor, Maine And Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

Summary

The bill would let a passenger ferry that runs regularly between Bar Harbor, Maine and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia operate without the standard pilotage requirements, provided the captain holds a U.S. Coast Guard unlimited master’s license and a first‑class pilotage endorsement, and the vessel takes a licensed pilot at least once each week. It amends state pilotage statutes to create this specific exemption while also updating language for military ships and small foreign vessels. The measure failed to pass and is now dead.

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