SIDSEL KNUTSEN DEPARTS; MANITOWOC DUE

Lakeshore Towing tug FLATTOP removed the oil containment boom from around the SIDSEL KNUTSEN as the vessel completed loading of biodiesel at the Mountfort Terminal. The KNUTSEN's crew finished preparing for their overseas journey and the SIDSEL KNUTSEN, loaded with 5,000 tons of biodiesel produced at Lake Erie Biofuels and shipped down to the port via rail, departed at 1845.

The KNUTSEN is bound for Rotterdam with this load of biodiesel, the second of many that will move through the port this season.

Meanwhile, the former EARL W. OGLEBAY, which last visited the port of Erie on July 6,2006, is returning to the port tomorrow under the ownership of Lower Lakes Transportation. MANITOWOC is due at 0915 with stone from Stoneport, Michigan.

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SIDSEL KNUTSEN at dock after removal of the oil-containment boom.


Warming up the engines in preparation for departure.


Backing away from the dock.


SIDSEL KNUTSEN turns away from the dock.


Turning.


KNUTSEN in the channel.


Close up.


The writing on the cabin is what is typical of all chemical tankers.


Stern view.


KNUTSEN turns in the channel.


Outbound.


Even at a distance the KNUTSEN, at 167-meters long, appears huge.


Outbound with the Erie Pierhead light in the foreground.