Australian and New Zealand Maritime Law Journal

1993: Conference Proceedings
Articles

Tankers Aground and Leaking: Perspectives on The 'Exxon Valdez' and Other Recent Casualties

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  • Michael G. Chalos

Published 1993-11-06

Keywords

  • The Exxon Valdez,
  • oil pollution,
  • marine pollution,
  • marine environment,
  • shipping casualty,
  • environmental disaster,
  • Trans-Alaska pipeline,
  • oil industry,
  • public relations,
  • limitation of liability,
  • Oil Pollution Act 1990 (US),
  • crisis management,
  • media coverage,
  • The Kharg V,
  • The Haven,
  • The Kirki,
  • The Katina P,
  • The Aegean Sea,
  • The Braer,
  • The Maersk Navigator
    • ...More
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Abstract

Chalos explores the events surrounding the Exxon Valdez spill, and the reaction to it by the oil industry (especially by Exxon), the media, the public, and the law enforcement authorities which, for the first time in US history, came into play in a purely maritime setting. Following this, Chalos compares the US reaction and the reasons for this with the handling of and responses by other nations to some of the more notorious spills, since The Exxon Valdez, occurring outside of the US.

(Readers should note that pages 104-105 are backwards, although the numbers are corrected in the document itself.)

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