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Biodiesel gets lift with deal at Port of Seattle SSA Marine.

The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA)

| December 23, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2007 The Seattle Times. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Warren Cornwall

Dec. 23--Seattle's bid to put cleaner-burning biodiesel into wider use received a boost Thursday, when SSA Marine became one of the first big companies in the area to agree to use the fuel in its daily operations -- loading and unloading cargo ships at the Port of Seattle.

The company announced it will buy 800,000 gallons of diesel mixed with biodiesel next year, gradually reaching a mixture of 20 percent biodiesel to 80 percent regular diesel.

Biodiesel is a mix of vegetable oil and methanol, which produces less particulate matter and carbon monoxide than regular diesel.

The Port of Seattle also announced it will use …

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