All vessels calling Taiwan’s ports must run on 0.5% sulphur fuel or other compliant fuel starting from 1st January 2019, according to an official statement by the country’s Ministry of Transportation and Communications.
This measure is fully aligned with IMO’s mandate requiring the global sulfur cap in marine fuels to be lowered to 0.5% from the current 3.5%, starting from 1st of January 2020. However, the country decided to implement the measure a year earlier.
It has been reported that the Ministry also announced a grant of T$5,000 to all ships entering regional ports that have changed to compliant fuel before 1 January 2019, starting from 1 February through 2018.
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