Haines got a “pilot project sized” taste last week of the fascinating possibilities that oil development can bring to a port, when a cruise ship left an oil slick in Portage Cove and created a flurry of employment for the local people.
Nowhere near the size of the problem that could occur in Valdez should a major spill occur from one of the super-tankers which will carry oil from Valdez to other West Coast ports,…