Friday, 24 October 2014

Shenzhen, China – Green Shipping Incentive Scheme

The Shenzhen Municipal Government, China, has announced an incentive scheme to encourage vessels to switch to low sulphur fuels or to connect to shore power whilst berthed at the region's ports.
Applied on a voluntary basis, the incentive scheme will consist of rebates to vessel operators thought to be in the region of 75-100% of the cost difference between low sulphur fuel and heavy fuel oil. Vessels connecting to shore power will be charged RMB 0.7/kWh (approximately 11 US¢/kWh at today's rate), with the remainder subsidised by the government.
The incentive scheme will take effect from October 2014 and it is understood that it will run for three years. The announcement also revealed that the Shenzhen Municipal Government is working with the Guangdong Provincial Government and the Chinese Central Government with a view to establishing a sulphur emission control area covering the Pearl River Delta by 2018.
The point covered under "Green Shipping Shenzhen Declaration" can be viewed as below:
1.      Recognize the seriousness of Air pollution – fully support the national and provincial government policies to control emission from marine sectors, deploy different shipping methods to reduce air pollution.
2.      Accelerate the construction of the onshore power supply (OPS) facilities – deploy new vessels that are OPS capable to Shenzhen port and accelerate the retrofitting of the existing fleet with OPS capability so as to increase the utilization rate of OPS.
3.      Promote the use of low sulphur fuel oil by fleet – commit to using low sulphur fuel oil by auxiliary engine and boiler when vessel is at berth.
4.      Strive for new technology and construct new vessels with lower emission – reduce vessels speed in Shenzhen waters so as to reduce emission.
5.      Change in container movement in port and promote the use of intermodal “vessels to rail” transport or “vessel to vessel” transport so as to build a high efficiency and low carbon port.
6.      Optimize the pier design, handling technology, energy – saving equipment, information technology and production organisation, effectively allocate various elements and resources to create intelligent port.
Establish a green policy, search for innovation of the port development model – promote the use of clean fuels in port machineries and in the overall port strategic development plan.

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