The Hong Kong South China Morning Post reports that the government of Hong Kong is determined to set up an emissions control area for ships in the Pearl River Delta. According to data released by Civic Exchange, a think tank founded by Loh, showed that within the Pearl River Delta region, 75 % of deaths attributed to sulphur dioxide in ships’ emissions. Those deaths could be reduced by 91 per cent by setting up an emissions control zone.
The move would mean all ocean-going vessels entering the zone would have to switch to low sulphur fuel. Loh said the government was already discussing with the Guangdong government rules for the use of environmentally friendly fuel in port.
All vessels in the two existing emissions control areas – in Scandinavia and North America – must switch to 1 per cent low sulphur fuel inside those areas. By 2015, that limit is to be tightened to 0.1 per cent.
Loh said the city had to co-operate with other authorities to ensure a level playing field with other ports. The Pearl River Delta covers 7,500 square kilometres. Loh also said Hong Kong’s Fair Winds Charter, a voluntary scheme which saw 18 shipping lines agree to switch their fuel to 0.5 per cent sulphur in port, had helped reduce the concentration of sulphur dioxide in the air by 6 per cent. That pact will end in December.
The government said 474 ocean-going vessels had registered in the first three weeks of an incentive scheme which offers up a 50 per cent cut in port fees if ships uses low-sulphur fuel. The number registering is equal to one in seven of the ships visiting Hong Kong in those three weeks. Last year, 30,000 ships visited the city’s waters.
Source: Hong Kong South China Morning Post
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