ECAs

American Club: Clarifications on Shanghai ECA map

The Shanghai Maritime Safety Administrations (MSA) has issued a sketch map of the waters comprising Shanghai Port which outlines the Emissions Control Area (ECA) for navigating ships. As of 1st October 2018, all vessels on international and domestic coastal voyages are required to use fuel with a sulfur content of up to 0.5% m/m, while navigating and berthing in Shanghai Port.

On the occasion, the American P&I Club issued a translation to the map, with help from Hai Tong & Partners, Shanghai,...

https://safety4sea.com/american-club-clarifications-on-shanghai-eca-map/

China will not ban open loop scrubbers

After speculations that China could ban the use of open loop scrubbers as a compliance measure in its ECAs and coastal waters, China officials have come to confirm that the country does not plan such a ban.

Speaking during a lunch that the Hong Kong Shipowners Association (HKSOA) organised, Dr. Xie Xie, director of the  Waterborne Transportation Research Institute at the Chinese Ministry of Transport, said that he is not sure if China will allow open-loop scrubbers as a compliance measure in its...

https://safety4sea.com/china-will-not-ban-open-loop-scrubbers/

China possible to ban open-loop scrubbers

Speaking during a lunch that the Hong Kong Shipowners Association (HKSOA) organised, Dr. Xie Xie, director of the  Waterborne Transportation Research Institute at the Chinese Ministry of Transport, said that he is not sure if China will allow open-loop scrubbers as a compliance measure in its ECAs and coastal waters.

Open-loop scrubbers use seawater to clean the exhaust. Seawater is supplied through a pipe and while CO2 dissolves into the water, it creates carbonic acid, and bicarbonate...

https://safety4sea.com/china-possible-to-ban-open-loop-scrubbers/

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