With regard to regulations on the sulphur content of fuel oil within Chinese emission control areas as detailed in ClassNK Technical Information TEC-1060 dated 22 December 2015, please be informed of the additional information as follows.

1. Implementation of regulations within the Yangtze River Delta from 1 April 2016

On the website of the China Maritime Safety Administration, it was published that, from 1 April 2016, ships berthing at core ports within the Yangtze River Delta (Port of Shanghai, Port of Zhoushan, Port of Ningbo, Port of Suzhou including Zhangjiagang, Changshu and Taicang, and Port of Nantong) are required to use fuel oils whose sulphur content does not exceed 0.5% m/m. The URL for this information is as follows.

http://en.msa.gov.cn/index.php?m=content&c=index&a=show&catid=343&id=175

In this regard, the Shanghai Municipal Transport Commission and the Shanghai Maritime Safety Administration have issued a work plan on the implementation of regulations from 1 April 2016. (Please refer to Attachment 1.)

2. Necessary on-board documents and inspection requirements

The China Maritime Safety Administration issued documents related to necessary on-board documents and inspection requirements (Attachment 2and 3). Please note the following points.

･ Ships changing over fuel oils are to record the information of each fuel changeover. The start/end dates and times of changeover, ship position, sulphur content of fuel oils, used amount of low sulphur fuel oil and operation staff name are to be recorded in the engine logbook. A written procedure for fuel oil changeover is to be provided to the ship. The bunker delivery note is to be kept on board for a period of three years and the bunker sample is to be kept on board for a period of one year.

(To be continued)