Bags packed, trackers attached
All bags packed with trackers visibly displayed. Pre-departure inventory shot before the trip to Philadelphia.
Bags packed in Maryland on September 15 with all four trackers attached. Handed off at the Philly warehouse on September 17, transferred to the Port of Baltimore on October 1. The container pinged from Le Havre, France on October 8 and again on October 10. Mid-Atlantic distance ping on October 20. By November 11, the container had reached Lome, Togo. Trackers then split. Some stayed in Togo for distribution, others continued to Mali, one surfaced back in France.
From the pre-departure inventory shot in Maryland to the Lome port arrival in Togo. Every event timestamped, photographed, and pinned to the map. Tip: click any photo to view it full size.
All bags packed with trackers visibly displayed. Pre-departure inventory shot before the trip to Philadelphia.
All 4 trackers active inside the Philly warehouse before container loading.
All 4 trackers pinging strong while the container was moved from the Philly warehouse to the Port of Baltimore.
2 of 4 trackers pinged from Le Havre on Oct 8. By Oct 10, 3 of 4 were showing in the same port.
Mid-Atlantic distance milestone. All 4 trackers reading 3,714 miles from the US start point.
First African landfall. 2 trackers showed at Lome port that morning; by the end of the day, 3 of 4 were pinging from the same port.
Same day, trackers split paths. 1 reading from France (likely a returning traveler), 1 in Mali, 1 still in Togo. Container contents distributed across multiple endpoints.
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