Wednesday 16 November 2022 · one signal · spike
Pacific Zircon tanker attacked in Gulf of Oman
A product tanker, Pacific Zircon, was attacked by drone in the Gulf of Oman. CNN obtained exclusive photos of the drone attack aftermath. A drone was later observed circling the ship following the incident.
Peak 67.7 on Wednesday 16 November 2022. The shaded band is the incident window.
Where the attention came from
Social-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 67% of all days since 2020, and the highest since Friday 2 September 2022.
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: geopolitical pawn. Trade press was 3% 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 52% of coverage shipping was the thing acted upon rather than the actor; 13% of it was strongly negative in tone.
What the coverage said
- Eastern Pacific Shipping Tanker Hit By 'Projectile' Off Omangcaptain.com · 2022-11-16
- CNN obtains exclusive photos of drone attack aftermath on Pacific Zircon tanker shiplocalnews8.com · 2022-11-17
- U.S. Centcom says Iranian-made drone hit Pacific Zircon tanker off Oman | Hellenic Shipping News Worldwidehellenicshippingnews.com · 2022-11-17
- Eastern Pacific Shipping's product tanker hit by projectile off Omanoffshore-energy.biz · 2022-11-16
- Projectile' hits oil tanker off Oman coast: shipping companydaily-sun.com · 2022-11-16
- Shipping Firm Says Projectile Hit Tanker Off Coast of Omanvoanews.com · 2022-11-16
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
- 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 (62/250 kept) — see coverage.filter.terms
Maritime Attention Index, incident: Pacific Zircon tanker attacked in Gulf of Oman, peak 67.7 on 16 November 2022. maritimeattentionindex.com/incidents/2022-pacific-zircon-tanker-attacked-in-gulf-of-oman/