it will never be the way it was before the oil spill. ever. the u.s. coast guard is trying to make sure it never happens again. what we have now is far better than what we had in 89. but coast guard commander benjamin hawkins sure feels the pressure. radar now follows tankers all the way to bligh reef. tankers have double hulls, and two tugboats now escort them all the way out to sea. but hawkins does not trust technology to do it all. commander, what keeps you up at flight? the complacency scares me. as time goes by and nothing happens, it s easy for somebody
spill, ever. the u.s. coast guard is trying to make sure it never happens again. what we have now is far better than what we had in 89. but coast guard commander benjamin hawkins sure feels the pressure. radar now follows tankers all the way to bligh reef. tankers have double hulling, and two tug boats now escort them all the way out to sea. but hawkins does not trust technology to do it all. commander, what keeps you up at flight? the complacency scares me. as time goes by and nothing happens, it s easy nor somebody to say it will never happen. aleyska, the pipeline company, now has strict requirements for handling a major spill.