Port of Qinhuangdao issues incentives to vessels using low sulphur fuels

The Port of Qinhuangdao, which is the largest coal shipping port of China, will be issuing incentives to vessels using low sulphur fuels effective 1 December under a new regulation, reports Xinhua.

“As the port and the urban area are connected seamlessly, ship emissions have become one of the important sources of air pollution in the city of Qinhuangdao,” said Wang Xinzhi, deputy director of Qinhuangdao Ecology and Environment Bureau, as quoted by Xinhua.

Vessels which consume 0.1% sulphur limit fuel oil will be given priority to load and unload, and depart from the port.

Ships that show “visible black smoke” for three minutes and above, meanwhile, will be subject to punishment.

The use of incinerators on ships off the waters of Qinhuangdao are banned under the new regulation.

Published: 9 December, 2019