Saturday 22 November 2025 · below the Index · spike
Container ship fire at Port of Los Angeles
An electrical fire broke out aboard the ONE Henry Hudson, a container ship, at the Port of Los Angeles on November 22, 2025. The fire triggered a major emergency response and shelter-in-place orders. The fire was nearly contained by November 23 and crews prepared for cargo offload.
Peak 96.5 on Saturday 22 November 2025. The shaded band is the incident window.
Where the attention came from
Mixed-led, both over the window and on the peak day.
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 86% of all days since 2020, and the highest since Tuesday 27 May 2025.
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: human drama. Trade press was 1% 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 90% of coverage shipping was the thing acted upon rather than the actor; 2% of it was strongly negative in tone.
What the coverage said
- Container ship fire at Los Angeles port triggers hazardous material alertsscmp.com · 2025-11-22
- Fire erupts on cargo ship at the Port of Los Angeles, triggering major emergencycnn.com · 2025-11-22
- Crew Evacuated After Fire On Container Ship At Los Angeles Portgcaptain.com · 2025-11-22
- Los Angeles Port Fire: Container Ship Carrying Hazardous Materials Burnsbiztoc.com · 2025-11-22
- Crews battle container ship fire in San Pedro – NBC Los Angelesnbclosangeles.com · 2025-11-22
- Fire erupts on container ship at Port of Los Angeles in San Pedroabc7.com · 2025-11-22
Gold rule = a national or international outlet, not a trade title.
Maritime Attention Index, incident: Container ship fire at Port of Los Angeles, peak 96.5 on 22 November 2025. maritimeattentionindex.com/incidents/2025-container-ship-fire-at-port-of-los-angeles/