In Finland, a tanker from the Russian shadow fleet is suspected of breaking an underwater power line
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Thu, 26 Dec 2024 20:12:00 +0200
Finland suspects Russian shadow fleet tanker of sabotageEagle S was stopped by Finnish authorities after the Estlink 2 submarine power cable between Finland and Estonia was disconnected on December 25.
A tanker registered in the Cook Islands and carrying oil from Russia to Egypt was seen passing over the cable during the incident.
According to the FT, this old tanker is part of Russias shadow fleet and is the focus of a Finnish investigation.
It is also being investigated whether the Eagle S cut three communications cables in the Gulf of Finland.The Shadow Fleet is a group of old and often poorly maintained ships used by Russia to circumvent international sanctions on oil exports.The publication notes that the ownership of the Eagle S remains nebulous, as the vessel appears to be owned by a Dubaibased company.
Attempts to contact the owner were unsuccessful.The risks posed by the vessels of the Russian shadow fleet must be countered, Finnish President Alexander Stubb wrote on the social network X after a meeting with security service leaders on December 26.Breakage of the submarine cable between Finland and Estonia what is knowOn December 25, Fingrid, the company that operates the Finnish electricity grid, announced a power outage due to a fault in the Estlink 2 submarine cable connecting Finland and Estonia.Finnish police said they are investigating whether a foreign vessel was involved in damaging an underwater power cable.The media also wrote that, according to the company MarineTraffic, which tracks ship movements, the Hong Kongflagged cargo ship Xin Xin Tian 2 was over the Estlink 2 cable on Wednesday at 1226 local time, when a malfunction was detected by Elering and Fingrid.
According to Marine Traffic, the Xin Xin Tian 2 left St.
Petersburg, Russia, on Tuesday and is headed to Port Said in Egypt.
On the evening of December 25, the Department of Consumer Protection and Technical Supervision TTJA received information about damage to three submarine communication cables between Estonia and Finland.
Two of them belong to the Elisa concern, and another one to CITIC Telecom.
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