The ship unloading at Wharf 47 was larger than most.
Nine times out of ten, the ships unload in Dublin.
"People don't come to Maine to see ships unloading," he said.
But the ships could not unload the equipment because the beaches in town had been washed away, the general said.
The ships couldn't unload their goods because dock workers at the port are on strike.
He passed a ship unloading baskets of vegetables, another loading tiles.
In the distance, hard by another closed mill, a ship was unloading foreign-made cars.
The bill would require tamperproof containers before a ship could unload its cargo.
The ship can load and unload herself with her two 35 tonne cranes.
Six ships were unloading grain there the other day, and the road to Zimbabwe was jammed with trucks.