A Peter Dohle-managed boxship has become the first vessel accused of violating China's new expanded emissions control regime.

The 980-teu Paola (ex-APL Aloha, built 2008) has been idle in Shanghai for more than a week after China's Maritime Safety Administration (MSA) accused it of operating with at least six times the sulphur content allowed under a newly imposed emissions control area (ECA) scheme.