46 CFR § 401.450 - Pilot change points.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t46/s401.450"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "46 CFR § 401.450 - Pilot change points."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "401.450"
section_name: "Pilot change points."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD (GREAT LAKES PILOTAGE), DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
part_number: "401"
part_name: "GREAT LAKES PILOTAGE REGULATIONS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "46 U.S.C. 2103, 2104(a), 6101, 7701, 8105, 9303, 9304; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4."
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# 401.450 Pilot change points.

A Registered Pilot's assignment is completed when the vessel to which they are assigned completes its arrival at or, in the case of a through trip, passes any of the following places:

(a) Snell Lock;

(b) Iroquois Lock*,* Ogdensburg, NY;

(c) Cape Vincent;

(d) Port Weller;

(e) Port Colborne;

(f) Detroit/Windsor, other than assignments originating or terminating at a point on the Detroit River;

(g) Port Huron/Sarnia;

(h) Detour;

(i) Buoy 33, St. Marys River, Point Iroquois;

(j) Chicago with respect to assignments originating at Detour or Port Huron/Sarnia; and

(k) Duluth/Superior and Fort William/Port Arthur with respect to assignments originating at Buoy 33.

[CGFR 68-57, 33 FR 6479, Apr. 27, 1968. Redesignated at 61 FR 32655, June 25, 1996, and further redesignated by USCG-1998-3976, 63 FR 35139, June 29, 1998; USCG-2008-0906, 73 FR 56511, Sept. 29, 2008; USCG-2016-0268, 82 FR 41495, Aug. 31, 2017; 82 FR 43864, Sept. 20, 2017; USCG-2022-0025, 89 FR 76352, Sept. 17, 2024]