The Ministry of Transport of China released the Implementation Plan for Marine Air Pollutant Emission Control Areas on 10/12/2018 (hereinafter referred to as the Plan, as included in Attachment 1). In the Plan, the geographical areas, pollutants controlled, emission control limits, implementation time and requirements are adjusted.

The Plan will be implemented on 1 January 2019. In order to facilitate interested parties becoming familiar with the requirements of the Plan and making preparation,so as to ensure effective implementation of the Plan, this Notice briefly introduces the main change of emission control requirements, key technical points for the new standards, the measures for uniform implementation of IMO global 0.50% fuel oil standard, and the experiences on implementation of 0.10% fuel oil standards for ECA,for reference by interested parties.

The Technical Notice mainly covers the following contents:

1 Interpretation of Implementation Plan on Marine Air Pollutant Emission Control Areas

2 Types, safety impacts and control measures of compliant fuel oils

3 Marine SOx emission control solutions and rule systems

4 Latest technical information of implementing 0.50% low sulphur fuel oil standard

5 list of relevant documents (attachments or download links)

6 Reference documents published by relevant international organizations and

7 Subsequent suggestions and technical services provided by CCS

Download links：

http://www.ccs.org.cn/ccswzen/font/fontAction!moudleIndex.do?moudleId=86