Natural Fuels ships out 1st biodiesel export

Australia’s first export shipment of biodiesel has been loaded on a freighter bound for Asia and the U.S., with former Liberal leader and Company Director John Hewson describing the green alternative as the way of the future. The first shipment of 8.8 million liters of biodiesel, made from palm oil by Natural Fuels Australia, left from Darwin harbor. “Alternative fuels are now a focus of governments all around the world,” Chairman of Natural Fuel Ltd. Hewson said at Darwin East Arm Wharf. “This is the first export from Australia, but it’s a potential export industry for Australia.” (August 2, 2007)