Vessel Pollution and Dangerous Chemicals Regulations

Marginal note:Maximum sulphur content of fuel oil

• 111 (1) Subject to subsections (2) to (5) and section 111.1, the authorized representative of a vessel must ensure that the sulphur content of the fuel oil used on board the vessel does not exceed

  • (a) 3.50% by mass before January 1, 2020, in the case of a foreign vessel or a foreign pleasure craft that is operating in arctic waters or in Hudson Bay, James Bay or Ungava Bay;

  • (b) 3.50% by mass before January 1, 2020, in the case of a Canadian vessel or a Canadian pleasure craft that is operating in arctic waters or in Hudson Bay, James Bay or Ungava Bay;

  • (c) 3.50% by mass before January 1, 2020, in the case of a Canadian vessel that is operating in waters that are not waters under Canadian jurisdiction and that are not in an emission control area;

  • (d) 0.50% by mass after December 31, 2019, in the case of a foreign vessel or a foreign pleasure craft that is operating in arctic waters or in Hudson Bay, James Bay or Ungava Bay;

  • (e) 0.50% by mass after December 31, 2019, in the case of a Canadian vessel or a Canadian pleasure craft that is operating in arctic waters or in Hudson Bay, James Bay or Ungava Bay;

  • (f) 0.50% by mass after December 31, 2019, in the case of a Canadian vessel that is operating in waters that are not waters under Canadian jurisdiction and that are not in an emission control area;

  • (g) 1.00% by mass before January 1, 2015, in the case of a Canadian vessel or a Canadian pleasure craft that is operating in waters under Canadian jurisdiction other than arctic waters;

  • (h) 1.00% by mass before January 1, 2015, in the case of a Canadian vessel that is operating in waters that are not waters under Canadian jurisdiction and that are in an emission control area;

  • (i) 1.00% by mass before January 1, 2015, in the case of a foreign vessel or a foreign pleasure craft that is operating in waters under Canadian jurisdiction other than arctic waters or in Hudson Bay, James Bay or Ungava Bay;

  • (j) 0.10% by mass after December 31, 2014, in the case of a Canadian vessel or a Canadian pleasure craft that is operating in waters under Canadian jurisdiction other than arctic waters;

  • (k) 0.10% by mass after December 31, 2014, in the case of a Canadian vessel that is operating in waters that are not waters under Canadian jurisdiction and that are in an emission control area; and

  • (l) 0.10% by mass after December 31, 2014, in the case of a foreign vessel or a foreign pleasure craft that is operating in waters under Canadian jurisdiction other than arctic waters or in Hudson Bay, James Bay or Ungava Bay.

• Marginal note:Steam-powered foreign vessels and foreign pleasure craft

  (2) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), in the case of a foreign vessel or a foreign pleasure craft that is powered by a propulsion boiler that was not originally designed for continued operation on marine distillate fuel or natural gas, the vessel’s authorized representative must ensure that, when the vessel is operating in the North American Emission Control Area or in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence waters, the sulphur content of the fuel oil used on board the vessel does not exceed

  • (a) 3.50% by mass before January 1, 2020; and

  • (b) 0.50% by mass after December 31, 2019.

• Marginal note:Non-application

  (3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply in respect of a foreign vessel or a foreign pleasure craft that

  • (a) is powered by a propulsion boiler that was not originally designed for continued operation on marine distillate fuel or natural gas; and

  • (b) operates solely on the Great Lakes and their connecting waters.

• Marginal note:Alternative measure

  (4) Instead of meeting the requirements of subsection (1) or (2), the authorized representative of a vessel may ensure that

  • (a) the vessel operates an exhaust gas cleaning system that meets the requirements of Resolution MEPC.184(59); and

  • (b) the emissions of sulphur oxides produced by the operation of the system do not exceed the emissions that would be produced were fuel oil with the sulphur content by mass required by that subsection used on board the vessel.

• Marginal note:When different fuel is ussed

  (5) The master of a vessel referred to in subparagraph 122(1)(a)(ii) or (iii) must ensure that the requirements of regulation 14.6 of Annex VI to MARPOL are met if the vessel is entering or leaving an emission control area and the fuel oil used on board within the area is different from the fuel oil used on board outside the area.

• Marginal note:Residues from exhaust gas cleaning systems

  (6) If a vessel operates an exhaust gas cleaning system that has been certified in accordance with Resolution MEPC.184(59), the vessel’s authorized representative must ensure that

  • (a) any exhaust gas cleaning system residues are delivered to an onshore reception facility; and

  • (b) the washwater from the operation of the system, as well as the monitoring and recording of the washwater, meets the requirements of section 10 of the Resolution.