REGULATION

China has not yet banned open-loop scrubbers: BIMCO

Chinese regulators have updated part of its domestic emission control area (DECA) regulations with effect from 1 January 2019 but have not yet placed a full ban on open-loop scrubbers as reported widely.

Ships must use low sulphur (0.50%) fuels in the Pearl River and Bohai Rim coastal ECAs from 1 January 2019.

Chinese regulators have updated part of its domestic emission control area (DECA) regulations with effect from 1 January 2019 but have not yet placed a full ban on open-loop scrubbers as reported widely.

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