If for some reason the #SuezCanal blockage persists, shipping can divert.
Some oil will still flow through SUMED, but for everything else: global logistics madness. For example, US EIA calculates that a US tanker from KSA would add ~2,700 miles.
INBOX: seeking expert for media thing about #EVERGIVEN
ME: I'm not the maritime industry insider you need.
DETAIL: In college I briefly had the ambition to become a captain. Read the materials & crewed summers (e.g. tall ships) to build sea time for a license. Then moved on.
Geospatial companies have begun flexing on the #EVERGIVEN..
Curious? A Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite zips along, beaming down radio waves. Some stuff reflects them (🚢 = bling), water not so much (🌊= dark). Classic radar.
Then antenna movement is leveraged to make a longer 'synthetic' antenna, getting you detail & dimension.
NEW: clearest-yet image of the #EVERGIVEN from @Maxar's WorldView-2 satellite.
The @Maxar image features the dredge. Doing what beyond trying to free the #EVERGIVEN's bow?
Likely opening up the not-usually-dredged & super shallow (blue) part of the canal by the vessel's bow.
NICE: friends @bellingcat have put together a neat little OSINT synthesis!
The moon is full & the tides are high, but Italian tug Carlo Magno is late for her date with #EVERGIVEN tonight.
Re-floating attempt postponed. Another will be made tomorrow.
(Dutch tug Alp Guard arrived on time)
Sources: SCA, vessel tracking. Pic: Reuters.
BREAKING: SERIOUS MOVEMENT HAPPENING NOW.
Latest AIS data shows that the #EVERGIVEN's stern has been dramatically pivoted off the #Suez Canal's Western wall.
Stern now appears to be in the channel.
I count 17 tugs & support vessels on scene right now.
If you want to see how hard they have strained on the #EVERGIVEN I've included some of their tracks here.
Nice indirect illustration of how much the ship has shifted.
Made a quick diagram. This is a big change from the initial stuck situation...but the navigation channel is still partially obstructed by the #EVERGIVEN
The #Suez Canal is not opening to vessel traffic just yet...
So @AP now has the “partially refloated” report about this movement.
But... I think it was the wise @mercoglianos who said "partially refloated" means still "partially stuck"
IMPORTANT: has @Apple sent you a mercenary spyware threat notification?
Latest round just went out.
Take them seriously. Get expert help.
If you a journalist, activist, dissident etc. I suggest you ✅contact @accessnow's helpline. 1/ accessnow.org/help/
2/ In my experience, @Apple's mercenary spyware threat notifications do several things:
✅ Help users take action to secure themselves
✅ Impose cost on spyware companies & customers
✅ Keep us researchers busy investigating cases
They can also have a✅deterrent effect.
@Apple 3/ I never tire of saying that @apple threat notifications have helped to change the information balance between spyware victims & those that target them.
They have also kicked off waves of scandals & discoveries of spyware abuses. Like in #Poland👇
2/ The investigation behind this Russian political interference takedown is interesting.
First, the @FBI got account registration info for a slice of fake accounts on @X
They found a lot of email accounts registered on the same server.
So they went to the registrar...
@FBI @X 3/ While the domain registrar (Namecheap) had a bunch of account registration information for the @FBI, the info was a fake name and some alias information.
Strike out? No. The FBI began a subpoena cascade, starting with the Google account used to register the domain.