China – Hainan MSA Enhances Inpection on Ship Pollution Control in Hainan Province as from 3 November 2017 to 3 December 2018 11 December 2017 No.935 Download PDF (192KB) We have obtained the following information from Huatai Insurance Agency & Consultant Services Ltd., our correspondent in Beijing,China.    On 3 November 2017, Hainan MSA issued a Notice on Implementation Scheme of Ship Pollution Control to enhance the supervision and management of prevention and control of ship pollution in the area of Hainan province, including the coastal ports of Yangpu, Haikou,Sanya and Basuo as well as the Qiongzhou Strait. The scheme is effective from 3 November 2017 to 3 December 2018. We hereby summarise key points of the notice as below for your kind reference.   1. The inspection on fuel oil quality of calling ships will be reinforced, with focus on inspecting whether the oil record book is recorded normatively, whether the fuel oil supply record and fuel oil sample are kept integrally and whether the index on the fuel oil supply record meets the relevant requirement.  The fuel oil used by international navigation ship should be in line with the requirement under Annex VI of “MARPOL 73/78”,whilst the fuel oil used by domestic navigation ship should conform to the requirement of “GB 17411-2015”.   The sampling inspection will be carried out for the fuel sample taken from calling ship or the oil supplying company randomly.  The ratio of sampling inspection will be determined by the situation of the area covered by respective MSA substations.  Ship which is found fumed with black smoke, fails to record the oil record book or fails to keep the fuel oil supply document or oil sample during routine patrol or inspection will be treated as key inspection object.   Ships using fuel oil that doesn’t meet relevant standard, failing to record the relevant documents as required,failing to keep the fuel oil supply documents or samples, failin