In terms of the volume of oil spilled and subsequent environmental damage, the wreck of the tanker Exxon Valdez was the worst tanker accident in history.

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The wreck of the tanker Exxon Valdez is one of the worst environmental disasters in history, but it is not the worst tanker accident in terms of the volume of oil spilled. The title of the worst tanker accident in history goes to the explosion and sinking of the tanker Amoco Cadiz off the coast of France in 1978, which released over 1.6 million barrels of crude oil into the sea.

In Terms of the Volume of Oil Spilled and Subsequent