Malcolm McLean, normally an unemotional man, as befitted his Scottish ancestry, watched with a twinge of anxiety as the ship left Port Newark in New Jersey.

• 马尔科姆·麦克莱恩不是一个感情外露的人，这一点很符合他的苏格兰血统，可是那一天他看着油船离开新泽西的纽瓦克港时，却颇感焦虑。