On April 29, 2020, the Board of Marine Pilots adopted regulation changes in Title 12, Chapter 56 of the Alaska Administrative Code. The regulations concern changes to the gross tonnage endorsements for pilots to account for larger ships and changes related to training requirements.
The regulation changes were reviewed and approved by the Department of Law, signed and filed by the Lieutenant Governor (or designee) on August 20, 2020, and will go into effect on September 19, 2020. See attached copy of the filed version of the regulations.
The new regulation changes will be printed in Register 235, October 2020 of the Alaska Administrative Code.