The Chinese authorities have announced that vessels operating in the Yangtze River Delta ECA will have to use fuel of less than 0.5% sulphur, or be fitted with a scrubber, when within its waters from 1 October this year, P&I Club Gard told its members in a circular.
The ECA covers the waters Shanghai, Zhejiang and Jiangsu Provinces, including some of the country’s largest ports such as Shanghai and Ningbo. At present 0.5% or less sulphur fuel only has to be burned by vessels when at berth and one hour prior to arrival and the first hour after leaving berth.
From 1 October any fuel change to low sulphur fuel must be undertaken prior to entry into the ECA zone.
For the two other Chinese ECAs – the Pearl River Delta and Bohai-Rim Waters – the date for ships to operating within them to use 0.5% or lower sulphur fuel at all times remains 1 January 2019.
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