Exxon Valdez Exxon Valdez Oriental Nicety, formerly Exxon Valdez, Exxon Mediterranean, SeaRiver Mediterranean, S/R Mediterranean, Mediterranean, and Dong Fang Ocean, was an oil tanker that gained notoriety after running aground in Prince William Sound spilling hundreds of thousands of barrels of crude oil in Alaska. On March 24, 1989, while owned by the former Exxon Shipping Company, and captained by Joseph Hazelwood and First Mate James Kunkel bound for Long Beach, California, the vessel ran aground on the Bligh Reef resulting in the second largest oil spill in United States history. The size of the spill is estimated to have been ,
History of the oil tanker smaller ULCCs, these ships are sometimes given the "V-Plus" size designation. In February 2008, their owners announced plans to convert "TI Africa" and the "TI Asia" into stationary floating storage and offloading units to be placed in the Al Shaheen oilfield near Qatar in late 2009. With the exception of the pipeline, the tanker is the most cost-effective way to move oil today. Worldwide, tankers carry some annually, and the cost of transportation by tanker amounts to US$0.02 per gallon at the pump. The first open register was Panama in 1916. Fear for political instability and high and excessive consular