BEGINNING in 2017, ships will be required to use low-sulfur fuels in China’s three busiest port regions, but the regulation could be sabotaged by an International Maritime Organization (IMO) plan to use cleaner fuel worldwide from 2020.

The decision of the IMO following a conference this week in London could actually undermine the Chinese pollution-reduction plan, as it would only mandate ships to use fuel containing no more than 0.5 percent sulfur from December, 2020.

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