China – Emission Control Areas (ECA) (No.14) 22 November 2018 No.995 Tweet Download PDF (1,087KB) We have obtained a further update of Shanghai ECA from Haiton & Partners, Shanghai, Chinese law firm.   Summary: Shanghai MSA published the revised Guidelines on Supervision and Administration of ECA during Interim Period (“Guidelines”). The Guidelines consist of eight chapters, namely General rules, Exhaust emissions of navigating ships, Spot inspection, Alternative measures, Exemption and immunity, Management on oil supply operation, Legal liability, Supplementary articles, and six appendixes. We read and translate the Guidelines (see the attachment) and compare it with the previous edition of 2016. We would summarize the main contents as follows: We would summarise the main contents as follows:   Scope of Application  The Guidelines shall only apply to the jurisdiction water of Shanghai MSA. Ships navigating, mooring, operating in the Shanghai port shall strictly obey the Guidelines, except for military ships, sports ships and fishing boats. The Guidelines will be effective from 1 October 2018 to 31 December 2018. The former edition which was issued by Shanghai MSA in 2016 will be abolished from the effective date of the Guidelines. Inspection on ship’s changing low sulphur fuel oil Preliminary screening: Exhaust emissions of navigating ships Local MSAs under the Shanghai MSA shall be equipped with exhaust emission monitoring equipment, such as unmanned aerial vehicle with sniffing device, to supervise on the navigating ships. The monitoring equipment together with AIS data and ship report system would help local MSAs to identify those ships that are suspected of using high sulphur oil. Navigating ships that are suspected of using high sulphur oil would be reported to the local MSAs where ships would be berthing at.   Spot inspection Ships who committed illegal emission previously, or having been suspected of using high sulphur fuel by ex