Sunday 14 June 2020 · one signal · spike
HMM Algeciras arrives in UK
The world's largest container ship, HMM Algeciras, arrived in the UK for the first time on its maiden voyage, generating significant media coverage. The spike also reflects broader pandemic-related maritime labor concerns, including stranded seafarers unable to leave vessels and crew change disruptions affecting global shipping.
Peak 78.4 on Sunday 14 June 2020. The shaded band is the incident window.
Where the attention came from
Media-led, both over the window and on the peak day. Social here is X alone — Bluesky only joins the series from July 2024 — so its level isn't directly comparable with today's series, though its share of this incident is real.
Bar = share of the extra attention over the whole window; the tick marks the share on the peak day alone, where the two differ.
How unusual it was
This was above 78% of all days since 2020, and the highest since Sunday 26 April 2020.
How far it spread
No vessel type moved — 0 of 6 vessel-type groups drew clearly more readers than usual.
Bars start at 1× — normal readership for that vessel type, the weeks before the incident. Grey = no clear lift. "Over time" shows each group's daily readers through the window; "All 12 articles" breaks the six groups back into their members.
How it was framed the frame glossary →
Lead frame: engine of trade. Trade press was 0% of in-scope coverage — the story had left the trade press and gone mainstream. (Historical coverage is scored on headlines only.)
Acting, or acted upon
In 2% of coverage shipping was the thing acted upon rather than the actor; 0% of it was strongly negative in tone.
What the coverage said
- HMM Algeciras: World's biggest container ship arrives in Essexbbc.co.uk · 2020-06-14
- Port hails HMM Algeciras, the world's biggest cargo ship | Newsthetimes.co.uk · 2020-06-14
- World's biggest container ship HMM Algeciras passes Canvey on maiden voyage to UKclactonandfrintongazette.co.uk · 2020-06-14
- HMM Algeciras: World's largest container ship arrives in UK for first timethree.fm · 2020-06-14
- World's biggest container vessel HMM Algeciras arrives in the UK for the first timedailymail.co.uk · 2020-06-14
- Sheppey says 'goodbye' to HMM Algeciras the biggest cargo ship in the worldkentonline.co.uk · 2020-06-15
Gold rule = a national or international outlet, not a trade title.
- social = X only before Bluesky (2024-07-01); not comparable with today's series
- naming step found more than one plausible cause in the headlines (alternatives: ['HMM Algeciras maiden UK arrival', 'Stranded seafarers labor crisis during COVID-19 pandemic']) — attribution.confidence is low; label may be an honest compound
- coverage scored on title only (no excerpt) — measured ~8pp frame precision cost vs title+excerpt (docs/HANDOVER-incidents.md §2.3)
- coverage filtered to articles matching this incident specifically (183/911 kept) — see coverage.filter.terms
Maritime Attention Index, incident: HMM Algeciras arrives in UK, peak 78.4 on 14 June 2020. maritimeattentionindex.com/incidents/2020-hmm-algeciras-arrives-in-uk/