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Pieter Rottiers

STEREO Programme Manager Belgian delegate at EUMETSAT, ECMWF and GEO

🌍📡 How is the conflict in the Middle East reshaping global trade routes? Check out this article by the Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA-IASB), now also featured on our #BEO website. It explores how satellite technology allows us to detect significant shifts in maritime routes through the Red Sea due to the escalating situation in the region. Discover how this conflict is impacting one of the world’s most essential trade corridors, with satellite data providing unprecedented insights into the global supply chain disruptions. 🔗 Read more: https://lnkd.in/e3WQWXRu #maritimetrade #Israel #BIRA #IASB #RemoteSensing #EarthObservation #Sentinel5P

  • NO2 shipping signal before the Red Sea Crisis (left) and during the Red Sea Crisis, in January-June 2024 (right), over the Red Sea and along the South African coastline. Blue boxes indicate the examined shipping tracks. Over the Red Sea, the shipping NO2 signal is much weaker in 2024 than in previous years, as direct consequence of the Houthi attacks. Off the coast of South Africa, the opposite is found, since the maritime traffic between Asia and Europe is partly diverted around Africa to avoid the Red Sea.
  • In blue, the monthly NO2 satellite-derived shipping signal, after removal of seasonal variability, over the Suez Canal, the Bab el Mandeb Strait, and the Cape Route in South Africa. In grey, the number of vessels. Over the Red Sea (Suez Canal and Bab el Mandeb Strait), the sharp decrease in the NO2 signal in early 2024 matches the corresponding decrease of the number of vessels. The opposite trend is seen along the coast of South Africa. The shaded blue areas show the monthly uncertainty estimates of the NO2 shipping signal.

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