Air Pollution Control (Fuel for Vessels) Regulation
Part 1
L.N. 135 of 2018
Section 2
B4165
fuel switch operation to non-compliant fuel (轉換不合規格燃料) means an operation to change the fuel used by a vessel from compliant fuel to non-compliant fuel;
low sulphur marine fuel (低硫船用燃料) means a petroleumderived liquid fuel—
- (a) used, or intended for use, by a vessel; and
- (b) with sulphur content not exceeding 0.5% by weight;
master (船長) has the meaning given by section 2 of the Shipping and Port Control Ordinance (Cap. 313);
non-compliant fuel (不合規格燃料) means any fuel other than compliant fuel;
ocean going vessel (遠洋船隻) means—
- (a) a vessel that holds an accepted Convention certificate;
- (b) a vessel that holds a certificate, other than an accepted Convention certificate, that—
- (i) is issued by a government authority of the Mainland; and
- (ii) permits the vessel to sail along the coast of the Mainland; or
- (c)a vessel that—
- (i) is of 500 gross tonnage or over; and
- (ii) holds a certificate relating to any item of inspection of the vessel and issued by a government authority of a place outside Hong Kong (other than an accepted Convention certificate or a certificate referred to in paragraph (b)),
but does not include a vessel that plies exclusively within river trade limits;