Portland, Maine, is the largest oil port on the Eastern Seaboard. Since 1941, oil has been flowing north from there to Canada via the Portland-Montreal Pipe Line, developed during World War II to avoid German U-boats. More than 200 tankers discharge crude annually at the pipeline's unloading facility in South Portland.rnOil also fuels the job list of the five tugs operated by Portland Tugboat. "My father, Capt. Arthur J. Fournier, bought his first tug for a dollar in 1954," said Capt. Brian Fournier, president of Portland Tugboat and director of Northeast Operations for McAllister Towing, which bought the company in 2001. "He worked in Boston constantly expanding and upgrading his tug fleet for many decades."
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