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With its recent expansion to providing renewable diesel fuel at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, PTL Marine has taken another step toward eventually making it available on the Western Rivers. "Renewable diesel is becoming a more readily available product, particularly right now in the West Coast markets," said David Reynolds, president of the company, a division of Pilot Thomas Logistics. While sometimes confused with bio-diesel, renewable diesel is not blended with conventional diesel and requires no engine modifications to run. As a result, vessels running on renewable diesel can switch back and forth between it and conventional fuel. Renewable diesel is made from vegetable oils, animal fats and greases instead of fossil fuels, so it creates a cleaner burning product overall. One of the largest feedstocks is restaurants recycling used cooking oil. |