Job well done knows no gender on Maine-based McAllister tug

摘要

Palanca Rio backed away from the terminal on a damp and dreary spring morning in Maine. Capt. Sarah Kaplan, helming the tugboat Andrew McAllister, stretched her line and began pulling aft to swing the tanker's bow to port. The ship, carrying only ballast after offloading its asphalt cargo over the preceding day, spun more than 90 degrees without difficulty. Within minutes of getting underway, it was centered in the Fore River and beginning its outbound transit from Portland.