Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Oriental Nicety, nke a na-akpọbu Exxon Valdez, Exxon Mediterranean, SeaRiver Mediterranean, S/R Mediterranean, Mediterranean, na Dong Fang Ocean, bụ ụgbọ mmiri na-ebu mmanụ nke nwetara aha ọjọọ mgbe ọ kwụsịrị na Prince William Sound na-awụfu ibu mmanụ ya n'oké osimiri. N'abalị iri abụọ na anọ n'ọnwa Machị, n'afọ 1989, mgbe ọ bụ ụlọ ọrụ Exxon Shipping Company nwe ya, nke Joseph Hazelwood na First Mate James Kunkel na-achịkwa, nke na-aga Long Beach, California, ụgbọ ahụ kwụsịrị na Bligh Reef na-ebute nsị mmanụ nke abụọ kachasị ukwuu
na akụkọ ihe mere eme nke United States. A na-eme atụmatụ na oke mmiri a wụfuru bụ, ma ọ bụ 257,000 ruo 750,000 barrels. Na 1989, e depụtara nsị mmanụ "Exxon Valdez" dị ka nsị mmanụ nke 54 kasị ukwuu n'akụkọ ihe mere eme.