 This paper presents an analysis of tropospheric NO2 column measurements from Tropomy-S5P satellite for an oceanic area in the central Mediterranean on 2 July 2018, revealing plume-like emission structures in tropospheric NO2 columns while automated identification signal, AIS, data of ship locations reveal a total of 185 ships in the area. Combined with information about wind speed and direction within 3H prior to the Tropomy-S5P overpass, the ship tracks can almost perfectly be aligned with the plume-like tropospheric NO2 structures. Information about ship length and speed, combined with an analysis of ship tracks and ship position, reveal that nearly all emission plume-like tropospheric NO2 structures can be attributed to the largest ships, mostly container ships and crude oil tankers. The study provides strong support for using satellite sun glint measurements to detect and attribute NO2 emission plumes from ships. This article was authored by Aristides K Jorgulius, K Fokker Borsma, Jasper van Vliet and others. We are article.tv, links in the description below.