FIRST LOAD OF BIODIESEL DEPARTS

CLIPPER TOBAGO cleared Erie at 0200 Thursday with 5,000 metric tons of biodiesel from Lake Erie Biofuels, bound for Europe. At 0030 hours Lakeshore Towing removed the oil boom around the tanker and the vessel was ready to leave the Mountfort Terminal at 0145. The CLIPPER TOBAGO will reach the call-in point at Long Point at 0340 and will reach the Welland Canal at 0610 hours this morning, bound for Montreal before continuing on to Europe with this load of biodiesel.