Whakaoti i te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te Oriental Nicety, i mua ko Exxon Valdez, Exxon Mediterranean, SeaRiver Mediterranean, S / R Mediterranean, Mediterranean, me Dong Fang Ocean, he kaipuke hinu i rongonui i muri i tana whiu i Prince William Sound ka maringi i tana utanga hinu raw ki te moana. I te Poutu-te-rangi 24, 1989, i a ia e rangatira ana i te Exxon Shipping Company o mua, me te rangatira a Joseph Hazelwood me te Kaihauturu Tuatahi a James Kunkel e haere ana ki Long Beach, California, ka rere te kaipuke ki runga i te Bligh Reef i hua ai te
Ko te rerenga hinu tuarua nui rawa atu i roto i te hītori o Te Hononga o Amerika. Ko te rahi o te rerenga e whakaarohia ana, e 257,000 ki te 750,000 pareparenga. I te tau 1989, ko te rerenga hinu o "Exxon Valdez" i whakarārangitia hei 54 o nga rerenga hinu nui rawa atu i roto i te hitori.