Hong Kong. the third busiest container nort in the world, will enforce China's new emission contral area (ECA) regulations once they ‘come into effect on Jan. 1, 2019, which will require all ships operating within the Pear! River Delta, Yangtze River Delta and Bohai Bay to use marine fuels with a sulphur content limit of 0.5%. Hong Kong and Maceo, which are part of China's special administrative regions (SARs), are exempt from the new rules. Hong Kong, which sits at the mouth of the Pearl River Delta, had stated its intent to designate its waters of the Pear! River Delta as an ECA under the Clean Ar Plan for Hong Kong published by Hong Kong's Environment Bureau in March 2073. ‘On July 1, 2015, Hong Kong introduced a mandstory sulphur content limit of 0.5% In marine fuels for ocean-going vessels at berth, except during the first hour after arrival and the last hour before departure.