{"data":{"id":"us-gu/18-gca-56403.16","jurisdiction":"us-gu","citation":"18 GCA § 56403.16","heading":"Exempt During Daylight Hours Only.","body":"The following vessels may enter, exit and be operated in Apra Harbor without the assistance of a pilot, but only during daylight hours:\n1. vessels under five hundred (500) gross tons; provided, the master of the vessel has previously entered and exited Apra Harbor while operating a vessel with the assistance of a licensed pilot and provided, further, that adequate two-way communications between the vessel and the Port Authority=s Harbor Master and U.S. Coast Guard=s Captain of the Port are continuously maintained, either directly or through the vessel=s agent, while the vessel is underway in Guam waters; and\n2. tugs and tows home-ported on Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; provided, the master of the tug and tow has previously entered and exited Apra Harbor while operating a vessel with the assistance of a licensed pilot.","path":["Title 18: Business Structure and Function","Division 2 - Commercial and Business Obligations","Part 6 - Service","Chapter 56: Particular Employment","ARTICLE 4: SHIPMASTERS"],"source_url":"https://col.guamcourts.gov/sites/default/files/18gc056.pdf","current_through":"P.L. 38-133 (June 4, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-27T03:58:48Z","sha256":"260a5edb0c0fae2190376b13bc14ae39068d4c79edc1cb68b7af706be288caf7","source_id":"us-gu","stale":false,"prev":"us-gu/18-gca-56403.15","next":"us-gu/18-gca-56403.17"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}