Enlightenment brought by the ahead-of-schedule implementation of Yangtze River Delta ECA

From November 2015, the Ministry of Transport published the Implementation Plan of Ship Emission Control Area in the Pearl River Delta, Yangtze River Delta and Waters around Bohai Sea (Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei) (hereinafter referred to as the“Implementation Plan”). By September 1 this year,the regulation that “vessels should use fuel with sulfur content no more than 0.5% m/m when berthing at all ports within ECA” was implemented 4 months in advance.