Exxon Valdez was the original name (later SeaRiver Mediterranean, S/R Mediterranean, Mediterranean, currently Dong Fang Ocean) of an oil tanker owned by the former Exxon Shipping Company, a division of the former Exxon Corporation. It gained widespread infamy after the March 24 1989 oil spill in which the tanker, captained by Joseph Hazelwood and bound for Long Beach, California, hit Prince William Sound's Bligh Reef and spilled an estimated minimum 10.8 million US gallons (40.9 million liters) of crude oil. This has been recorded as one of the largest spills in U.S. history and one of the largest ecological disasters.
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The Supreme Court waded into murky waters today during oral arguments in a case involving the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. At issue: whether to uphold a $2.5 ...blogs.wsj.com/law/2008/02/27/sizing-up-the-exxon-valdez-puni...Law Blog - WSJ.com : Exxon Valdez: Who Will Get What?
The 9th Circuit's recent ruling that awarded the Exxon Valdez plaintiffs $2.5 billion in punitive damages raises the question: Who will get what? If the $2.5 ...blogs.wsj.com/law/2006/12/27/exxon-valdez-who-will-get-what/Exxon Valdez was the original name (later SeaRiver Mediterranean, S/R Mediterranean, Mediterranean, currently Dong Fang Ocean) of an oil tanker owned by the former Exxon Shipping Company, a division of the former Exxon Corporation. It gained widespread infamy after the March 24 1989 oil spill in which the tanker, captained by Joseph Hazelwood and bound for Long Beach, California, hit Prince William Sound's Bligh Reef and spilled an estimated minimum 10.8 million US gallons (40.9 million liters) of crude oil. This has been recorded as one of the largest spills in U.S. history and one of the largest ecological disasters.
The vessel was built by National Steel and Shipbuilding Company in San Diego. A relatively new tanker at the time of the spill, it was delivered to Exxon in December 1986. The tanker is 300 m long, 50 m wide, and 27 m in depth (987 ft by 166 ft by 88 ft), weighing 30,000 tons empty and powered by a 31,650 shp (23.60 MW) diesel engine. The ship can transport a maximum of 1.48 million barrels (200,000 t) at a sustained speed of 16.25 knots (30 km/h). Its hull design is of the single-hull type.
At the time of the spill it was employed to transport crude oil from the Alyeska consortium's pipeline terminal in Valdez, Alaska, to the lower 48 states of the United States. The vessel was carrying about 1.26 million barrels, or about 53 million US gallons (200 million liters), of oil at the time it ran aground. After the spill, the Exxon Valdez was towed to San Diego, arriving on June 10, 1989, and repairs began on June 30, 1989. Approximately 1,600 tons of steel were removed and replaced that July, totaling $30 million of repairs to the tanker. Its single-hull design remained unaltered.
After being repaired, the Valdez was renamed the Exxon Mediterranean, then to SeaRiver Mediterranean in the early 1990s, when Exxon transferred their shipping business to a new subsidiary company, SeaRiver Maritime Inc. The name was later shortened to S/R Mediterranean, then to simply Mediterranean in 2005. Although Exxon tried briefly to return the ship to its North American fleet, it was prohibited by law from returning to Prince William Sound. It then served in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. In 2002, the ship was again removed from service.. In 2005, it began operating under the Marshall Islands flag of convenience Since then, European Union regulations have also prevented vessels with single-hull designs such as the Valdez from entering European ports. It is currently in service in East Asia. In early 2008, SeaRiver Maritime, an ExxonMobil subsidiary, sold the Mediterranean to a Hong Kong based shipping company named Hong Kong Bloom Shipping Ltd., which renamed the ship once again as Dong Fang Ocean, now under Panama registry. During 2008, the ship was refitted, converting it from an oil tanker to an ore carrier. Dong Fang Ocean remains in service as of 2009 in this new configuration.
