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Friday, April 13, 2012

First domestic biofuels shipment arrives at Florida port

The Seaport Canaveral fuel terminal has invested millions in Port of Canaveral infrastructure to facilitate the receipt, blending and distribution of biofuels. Seaport Canaveral announced that the first ship carrying domestically produced biodiesel arrived this week.

Seaport Canaveral delivers an independent supply of petroleum products to the state and has a pipeline serving cruise ships at Port Canaveral. Seaport Canaveral’s customer, Vitol Inc., through a processing agreement with Green Earth Fuels of Houston, makes up to 90 million gallons of biodiesel per year, much of it going to the Seaport Canaveral fuel terminal.

Due to growing demand, Seaport Canaveral spent the money to facilitate blending biodiesel from 5 to 20 percent, allowing customers to use the best mix of biodiesel depending on the season or location where the fuel will be used. Seaport Canaveral has installed heated tanks, filters, and dedicated pipelines to keep the biodiesel separate from other products.

“A new market for biofuels will be created by 2015, as regulations go into effect requiring the cruise industry to switch from heavy bunker fuel to more environmentally‐friendly diesel grade oil,” said Bill Adkins, manager of marketing at Seaport Canaveral.