The Ministry of Communications issued a document to strengthen the supervision of marine low-sulfur fuel and control air pollution.

　　People’s Daily, Beijing, November 12 (Reporter Liu Zhiqiang) Recently, the Ministry of Transport and other 13 departments jointly issued the Guiding Opinions on Strengthening the Supply Guarantee and Joint Supervision of Low-sulfur Marine Fuel, proposing to maintain a fair, orderly and healthy marine fuel circulation market order, enhance the supply capacity and quality of low-sulfur marine fuel in China and promote the development of green transportation through policy guidance, industry self-discipline and strengthened supervision.

　　It is understood that with the implementation plan of ship emission control zones in the Pearl River Delta, Yangtze River Delta and Bohai Rim (Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei) and the approaching of the time limit for ships to use low-sulfur fuel in 2020 proposed by international conventions, ensuring the compliance of marine low-sulfur fuel supply has become the key to control air pollution from ships at present and in the future.

　　The Guiding Opinions make it clear that the supply of low-sulfur fuel for ships should be guaranteed through policy guidance to meet the needs of the shipping market. First, establish a basic supply system for marine low-sulfur fuel, complete relevant policy formulation this year and next, guide domestic refining and chemical enterprises to produce compliant marine low-sulfur fuel, and dredge the information channels of "production, marketing and use". The second is to speed up the revision of marine fuel standards, and complete the research and revision of relevant standards and specifications such as Marine Fuel Oil, Ordinary Diesel Oil and Ship Fuel Supply and Receiving Procedures and Testing Methods in 2019.

　　The Guiding Opinions make it clear that it is necessary to strengthen supervision to crack down on illegal acts of non-compliant marine fuel entering the circulation market and promote the fair, orderly and healthy development of the marine fuel circulation market. First, strengthen the supervision of marine fuel. From 2018, comprehensively strengthen the supervision of the production, circulation and use of marine fuel, and increase the proportion of "double random" sampling. The second is to strengthen the cooperation of marine fuel supervision departments, establish a multi-sectoral joint law enforcement system in the production, circulation and use of marine fuel in 2018, and organize special governance actions; Establish a regulatory information notification system, open up information communication channels between various regulatory departments, and regularly disclose regulatory information to the public.