18. In addition to any other remedy given by this Order and by the Act of 1847 as incorporated with this Order, (and, in a case where the master of a vessel in respect of which a charge is payable to the Council refuses or neglects to pay the same or any part thereof, whether or not the Councils’ collector has gone on board the vessel and demanded the charge pursuant to section 44 of that Act), the Council may recover any charges payable to it as a debt in any court of competent jurisdiction.