Hong Kong
will introduce their own regulation to require vessels plying Hong Kong waters
to use cleaner fuel from January 2019 to complement the efforts under the PRC’s
Ministry of Transport’s action plan for the Hong Kong, Macau and PRD (Pearl
River Delta).
“A Clean Air Plan for Hong Kong” published in March 2013, was the first
document issued by the Environment Bureau (ENB) which set out an emission
control plan to improve the air quality in Hong Kong, Macau and PRD. The plan
looked into emission level and set out the emission reduction targets for
various sectors, such as Road, Marine, Power Plants and Non-Road Mobile
Machinery for the future.
The ENB and the Environmental Protection Department (EPD) of Hong Kong
updated their publication on “Clean Air Plan for Hong Kong 2013-2017 Progress
Report” (Page 25 – 30 related to the marine trade) in June 2017. This updates
the 2013 publication and reveals stricter controls measure for Hong Kong’s air
quality and its future plans.
From 1 January 2019 onwards, vessels trading within the PRD Domestic
Emission Control Areas (DECA) are required to run on low-sulphur fuel with the
sulphur content not exceeding 0.5%, according to the plan set out by the PRC’s
Ministry of Transport. However, the penalty violating the 0.5% requirement
remains unknown at present.
The figures below are the extracts from the June 2017 report on the
designated PRD DECA zone and the timetable plan to reduce sulphur content
within its region.
Source of Information
https://www.ukpandi.com/fileadmin/uploads/uk-pi/LP%20Documents/LP_Bulletins/2017/Bulletin_1134_-_0717_-_New_Emission_Control_Norms_from_2019_in_Hong_Kong.pdf
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