Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

Pilotage

1 The navigating of vessels: the business of navigating vessels. 2. Compensation that a pilot receives for navigating a vessel, esp. into and out of harbor or through a channel or passage.

compulsory pilotage

A requirement, imposed by law in some jurisdictions, that vessels approaching or leaving a harbor must take on a licensed pilot to guide the vessel into or out of the harbor.

half-pilotage

Compensation equaling half the value of services that a pilot has offered to perform. ( Shipowners can avoid compulsory pilotage in some jurisdictions by payment of half-pilotage.

half-pilotage.

See PILOTAGE.