Ka cika wannan magana: Bayan an gyara "Sweetbrier", an tura ta zuwa Cordova, Alaska. A watan Fabrairun 1976, yayin da yake kan hanyar zuwa sabon aikinta, an kashe ɗaya daga cikin ma'aikatan jirgin ruwanta a tashar jirgin ruwa na Navy Fuel Facility a San Diego lokacin da ya faɗi tsakanin jirgin da tashar jirgin ruwa. "Sweetbrier" ya isa sabon tashar jiragen ruwa a watan Maris na 1976. A can ta ci gaba da kula da kayan taimako ga kewayawa, da kuma taimaka wa jirgin ruwan kamun kifi na gida, amma tana da sabon la'akari. Cordova yana zaune a gefen gabas na hanyar supertanker daga ƙarshen Trans-Alaskan Pipeline System a Valdez zuwa Tekun Pacific. A ranar 17 ga Janairu, 1980, jirgin ruwa mai suna "Prince William Sound" da ke ɗauke da ganga 831,000 na danyen mai ya daina aiki kuma ya soma zuwa bakin teku. Sweetbrier ya amsa, amma tare da gusts kai 70 knots bai iya samun wani tow line ga m jirgin. Bayan tafiyar sa'o'i 16, "Prince William Sound" ya iya sake kunna injinsa kuma ya ci gaba da tafiya lafiya, amma a lokacin yana da nisan mil shida ne kawai daga bakin teku mai duwatsu. A ranar 24 ga Maris, 1989, wani babban jirgin ruwa da ke wannan hanyar ya gamu da bala'i. Ƙungiyar
"Exxon Valdez" ya sauka a kan Bligh Reef a cikin Yarima William Sound yana zubar da galon 10,800,000 na Amurka (41,000 m3) na danyen mai. "Sweetbrier" wani bangare ne na babban aikin tsaro na bakin teku don zubar da ruwa. Ta gudanar da kula da zirga-zirgar jiragen sama, kariya ta kiwon kifin kifin kifi, da kuma aiwatar da yankin aminci a kusa da tankar mai.