Joseph Hazelwood was not on the tanker's bridge when it ran aground in 1989 in Alaska's Prince William Sound, but became the face of the catastrophe.
, an ExxonMobil subsidiary, and renamed S/R Mediterranean. It was later sold to a Hong Kong-based shipping firm and scrapped in 2012.before the 1989 grounding. He said he altered the normal course through Prince William Sound after reports of ice floes from the Columbia Glacier entering the shipping lanes. Mr. Hazelwood said that he notified the Coast Guard of the new bearings and that it was acknowledged.
He rose through the shipping ranks and was a captain in the Exxon fleet in his early 30s. After the spill, he worked as a paralegal and maritime consultant for what is now Chalos & Co., an international law practice, which also represented him in his legal cases. Survivors include Mr. Hazelwood’s wife, Suzanne; daughter Alison; a brother, Joshua, and two grandsons.“I would like to offer an apology, a very heartfelt apology, to the people of Alaska,” Mr. Hazelwood said in an interview for the 2009 book
But he remained defensive, saying he had been unfairly vilified even though “the true story is out there for anybody who wants to look at the facts.”, he showed off a framed collage of newspaper and magazine clippings of the coverage. “Drunk at sea,” read one headline. “Skipper’s rise and fall,” said another.
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