such a small, small area is not for the m norm normal. >> reporter: h thethere will be containment areas, ap then you have vessels drilling the relief well, and other support ships all moving around massive amounts of exposed oil. it is not just the traffic cops in houston mitigating the damage, but tugboats are moving around to steer the ships. and one operator says they are using a tool called dynamic positioning. >> it a computerized system on board that interfaces with a transponder to give you a fixed location of where that vessel needs to be at all times. >> reporter: former shell president john hoff meister tells me it is not that dangerous to have that many vessels close together unless the weather turns. he pointed to a recent lightning strike that sparked a fire on the discover enterprise.