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English: U.S. Navy Mechanized Landing Craft (LCMs) are anchored along the shoreline as Navy and civilian personnel position hoses during oil clean-up efforts on Smith island. The massive oil spill occurred when the commercial tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground while transiting the waters of Prince William Sound on March 24th.
The Exxon Valdez oil spill was a major environmental disaster that occurred in Alaska's Prince William Sound on March 24, 1989. The spill occurred when Exxon Valdez, an oil supertanker owned by Exxon Shipping Company, bound for Long Beach, California, struck Prince William Sound's Bligh Reef, 6 mi (9.7 km) west of Tatitlek, Alaska at 12:04 a.m.
Exxon Valdez was an oil tanker that gained notoriety after running aground in Prince William Sound, spilling her cargo of crude oil into the sea. On 24 March 1989, while owned by the former Exxon Shipping Company, captained by Joseph Hazelwood and First Mate James Kunkel, [3] and bound for Long Beach, California, the vessel ran aground on the Bligh Reef, resulting in the second largest oil ...
On March 24, 1989, the Exxon Valdez oil tanker struck a reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska.It was the worst oil spill of its time, releasing over 11 million US gallons (260,000 bbl; 42,000 m 3) of crude oil onto the Alaskan shoreline.
Because of the remote location of the cleanup sites of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, [1] there was a desperate need for floating facilities to house shoreline cleanup workers. [5] In response, the Navy provided amphibious transport docks and dock landing ships (LSDs). [5] Juneau arrived in Alaska on 24 April 1989 followed by Fort McHenry on 4 May ...
Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup. The March 24, 1989, Exxon Valdez oil spill resulted in the discharge of approximately 11 million US gallons (42,000 m 3)of oil into Prince William Sound, [11] oiling 1,300 miles (2,100 km) of the remote Alaskan coastline.
Up to 1.1 million barrels of oil could spill into the Red Sea causing a disaster four times worse than the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill, the United Nations Security Council heard on Wednesday. Time is ...
In the years leading up to the Exxon Valdez disaster, safeguards against a spill were gradually decreased and emergency responses not adequately prepared. [1] Nor was there any mechanism, other than public hearings by regulatory agencies, for citizens to advise the oil industry or otherwise speak directly on operations affecting their communities and livelihoods.