Sunday 26 November 2023 · moved the Index · spike
Cargo ship sinks off Greece
A cargo ship sank off a Greek island on November 26, 2023, in stormy seas with 13 crew members missing. The incident was a weather-related maritime casualty unrelated to geopolitical tensions.
Peak 117.9 on Sunday 26 November 2023. The shaded band is the incident window.
Where the attention came from
Over the whole window this ran Media-led; on the peak day itself it read Mixed-led. When the two differ, the fast signals (social, news) spiked and faded while the slow ones (search, research) carried the tail. 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
The #13 incident since 2020 by peak. Its peak day ranks #200 among all days — the higher days all belong to 13 bigger incidents.
How far it spread
Stayed in one vessel type — 1 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: human drama. Trade press was 4% 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 72% of coverage shipping was the thing acted upon rather than the actor; 66% of it was strongly negative in tone.
What the coverage said
- Greece: 13 crew missing after cargo ship sinks near Lesbos – DW – 11/26/2023dw.com · 2023-11-26
- Rescue operation under way after cargo ship sinks off Greece coastaljazeera.com · 2023-11-26
- Thirteen missing after cargo ship sinks off Greececanberratimes.com.au · 2023-11-26
- EU border agency helping search for missing crew after cargo ship sinks off Greecebiztoc.com · 2023-11-27
- Cargo ships including Indian crew capsizes off Greece Coast, rescue operation underwayaninews.in · 2023-11-27
Gold rule = a national or international outlet, not a trade title.
Maritime Attention Index, incident: Cargo ship sinks off Greece, peak 117.9 on 26 November 2023. maritimeattentionindex.com/incidents/2023-cargo-ship-sinks-off-greece/