AUGUSTA – The Maine Human Rights Commission ruled Monday that two former captains at Casco Bay Lines tried to intimidate a co-worker during an investigation of harassment at the ferry company.

Commissioners upheld all of the findings of a state investigator, whose reports described a long-standing hostile working environment on the Portland waterfront. Lawyers for the two men called them victims and scapegoats and said their clients, Adam Nice and Michael Frager, may seek vindication in court.

The commission also rejected a complaint by Frager claiming that Casco Bay Lines fired him for “blowing the whistle” on another employee. The cases came before the Human Rights Commission following a series of charges and countercharges of sexual harassment, racial harassment and intimidation in the Casco Bay Lines workplace.

Frager resigned from the company in April, and Nice was fired in May.

Attorneys for Nice and Frager criticized Casco Bay Lines management, but Pat Christian, general manager of the service, said he believes the commission’s ruling vindicates the ferry line.

“I look forward to us being able to move forward,” Christian said. “I think that the workplace is much healthier and happier now.”