Detailed 79-page CCS Technical Notice includes list of documents, attachments and download links.
Further discussion of Med-ECA is scheduled to take at IMO meeting from 11 to 13 December 2018.
Advises on steps shipowners and operators to take for compliance of the new rule effective Jan 2019.
Hong Kong and Taiwan are aligning their emission regulations with the Chinese ECA requirements.
From January 1, 2019, affected vessels are required to use compliant fuel within Hong Kong waters.
Tanker operators, affected by bunker supply, operating cost, port congestion, to face Pearl River Delta and Bohai-rim ECAs starting 2019, says shipbroker.
REMPEC study finds implementation of Mediterranean SECA ‘would bear considerable costs’.
China Classification Society shares guidelines to help affected international ships comply with new rules.
If ship operators divert around the ECA to save on fuel costs, due to increased cost of ECA-compliant fuel.
Changes at Shanghai ports, Yangtze River Delta, and Zhejiang Province effective 1 October, 2018.