Exxon Valdez
LocationPrince William Sound, Alaska
Year1989
DepthBeached
Size98,000 GRT
TypeOil tanker
About Exxon Valdez
Ran aground and spilled 37,000 tonnes of crude, oiling 2,000 km of wilderness coastline. The disaster changed tanker design law worldwide with double hull requirements. The name became shorthand for environmental catastrophe.
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