Lake Erie Biofuels has achieved a milestone in its development by completing the loading of the Clipper Tobago with its first major shipment of biodiesel for export out of the Port of Erie.

Lake Erie Biofuels is the largest biodiesel producer in the Commonwealth with an annual capacity of 45 million gallons, and was founded by Erie entrepreneur Samuel “Pat” Black III in 2005.

This loading also represents a first in Great Lakes shipping history.

“Lake Erie Biofuels’ shipment of biofuel onboard the Clipper Tobago represents the first marine export of this new commodity from the Great Lakes through the Seaway,” said Terry Johnson, Jr., Administrator of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation. “I heartily congratulate Lake Erie Biofuels for their leadership role in this fast-growing, alternate energy field and eagerly look forward to handling many more exports in 2008 through this vital, binational waterway.”

12/21/2007