---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 401.428"
title: "46"
number: "401.428"
heading: "Boarding or discharging a pilot other than at designated points."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/401.428"
---

# §401.428. Boarding or discharging a pilot other than at designated points.


For a situation in which a vessel boards or discharges a U.S. pilot at a point not designated in [§ 401.450](/cfr/46/401.450.md) of this part, it could incur additional charges as follows:

- (a) Charges for the pilot's reasonable travel expenses to or from the pilot's base, if the situation occurs for reasons outside of the vessel's control, for example for a reason listed in [§ 401.420(c)](/cfr/46/401.420.md?p=c) of this part; or
- (b) Charges for associated hourly charges under [§ 401.405](/cfr/46/401.405.md) of this part, as well as the pilot's travel expenses as described in [paragraph (a)](#a), if the situation takes place for the convenience of the vessel.

## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-2015-0497, 81 FR 11940, Mar. 7, 2016]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2103, 2104(a), 6101, 7701, 8105, 9303, 9304; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Amendments

[USCG-2015-0497, 81 FR 11940, Mar. 7, 2016]