McAllister boosts size of new escort tug at Port Everglades

摘要

Glowing in biblical light, the tug Tate McAllister was transiting out of the Port Everglades entrance channel, bound for the sea buoy and the 758-foot CCNI Valparaiso, steaming inbound. As the containership came abreast at 10 knots, Capt. Terry Briggs swung Tate into the ship's wake and deck hand Albert James put a center lead line up to the ship's stern. Meanwhile, the tug Vicki M. McAllister glided into position on the ship's port bow and put a line up. As the flotilla entered the narrow channel, the tugs began braking the ship. At the turning basin, Briggs shifted Tate to the port quarter and pushed on the stern while Vicki pulled on the bow, turning the ship 110 degrees into the Intracoastal Waterway. The tugs then ran with the ship to Southport, turned it and backed it into Berth 30.