Matt Burnell ✓

@mdburnell

Writer and researcher focused on navies, aviation and spaceflight. At least when I'm not monitoring the situation, cooking, or watching Chicago/Nebraska sports.

2 922Followers

3 004Following

105 226Posts total

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Matt Burnell ✓@mdburnell15 Sep

@mdburnell @TankerTrackers Is being in this location, 30-40 miles away, at day light somthing irregular compared to last 2 months? 12 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Matt Burnell ✓@mdburnell15 Sep

@mdburnell The date and general location was enough because good folks like yourself know exactly how to follow up. What today's imagery shows is three cargo-empty VLCCs heading north and a laden one heading south. We shall likely be seeing more daytime transits going forth. 8.8K views · 133 likes · 2 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Matt Burnell ✓@mdburnell15 Sep

@TankerTrackers You might want to consider noting coordinates for these vessels or perhaps an inset image for context. I don't think this imagery supports the conclusion that simultaneous two way daylight transits are happening. These vessels are pretty far south and no other VL

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Matt Burnell ✓@mdburnell15 Sep

EXCLUSIVE: Based on our satellite imagery analysis conducted on 2026-09-14, we can see that the Strait of Hormuz now hosts bi-directional daytime traffic of VLCC supertankers. Furthermore, greater volumes of crude oil, LNG and LPG are being exchanged via STS transfer in the Gulf

309.6K views · 1.7K likes · 303 reposts · 79 replies Open on X →

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4 posts from the last 90 days, next to the under 10K follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views10 880this account4 175median for under 10K

Reach, %372.36%this account250.82%median for under 10K

Engagement, %0.67%this account1.41%median for under 10K

Metric	This account	Median for under 10K	Ratio
Median views per post	10 880	4 175	2.61×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	3.7× audience	2.5× audience	1.48×
Engagement rate	0.67%	1.41%	0.47×

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309.6K15 Sep

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Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for under 10K accounts is 1.41%.

What the audience does

Likes76.2%1 901 in total

Reposts12.4%310 in total

Replies3.3%83 in total

Bookmarks8.1%202 in total

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