A bright sunny day made watching the European Spirit depart a bit of a pleasure.The vessel got off the Nustar dock about 1445 hours with APA pilot Chuck MacDonald directing the operation from the bridge.The tugs Svitzer Bedford,Point Valiant and Point Chebucto all paticipated in the manouver and all 3 provided escort til the ship had gotten past Eddy Point.The vessel was headed to New York and had 700,000 barrels of crude oil onboard.