U.S. State Department: The U.S. warned a spill from the Sounion would have been "four times the size of the Exxon Valdez disaster," highlighting the stakes involved in the salvage effort. With the ...

The U.S. State Department had warned that a spill from the Sounion would have been “four times the size of the Exxon Valdez ...

A salvage vessel with a crew of experts reached ... The Safer holds four times the amount of oil spilled in the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster, in Prince William Sound, Alaska. The UN says a major ...

U.K.-based maritime risk consultancy Ambrey has confirmed that the salvage of the MT Sounion has been successfully completed. As we reported at the time, the 163,000 dwt Greek-flagged S ounion was set ...

Tiananmen Square, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Exxon Valdez oil spill were the top media stories in 1989. For the wildlife conservation community, the 11-million-gallon oil spill in the ...

The U.S. State Department had warned that a spill from the Sounion would have been “four times the size of the Exxon Valdez disaster” in 1989 off Alaska. This undated photo released by the ...