First ethanol shipment from Port of Milwaukee heads to Canada

May 28, 2018 |

In Wisconsin, the first ethanol shipment—and first fuel shipment in a decade—left the Port of Milwaukee on April 30 headed for Canada from the newly refurbished liquid cargo pier thanks to a $3.6 million investment of which $2.9 million was subsidized by the state. About 100,000 barrels of ethanol was exported. Local environmentalists are concerned of the potential impacts should ethanol, or petroleum products should they be allowed for shipment in the future despite claims such a thing is off the table, be spilled into Lake Michigan. The Renewable Fuels Association said 17% of last year’s ethanol exports were shipped from ports along the Great Lakes.

Category: Fuels

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