January 3, 2025
Finland’s national power grid operator said on Thursday it had asked a Helsinki court to seize the Eagle S oil tanker in a bid to secure the company’s claim for damages related to the breakdown of the undersea Estlink 2 …
January 2, 2025
The owner of an oil tanker seized by Finland on suspicion of breaking an undersea power line and four telecoms cables in the Baltic Sea last week is seeking the release of the ship, a lawyer representing the company said …
December 31, 2024
Finnish authorities investigating damage to subsea power and data cables found drag marks on the seabed likely left by the anchor of seized tanker Eagle S. Working under water, “we have been able to identify the dragging track at the …
December 27, 2024
NATO said on Friday it would boost its presence in the Baltic Sea after the suspected sabotage this week of an undersea power cable and four internet lines, while alliance member Estonia launched a naval operation to guard a parallel …
November 22, 2024
Sweden’s Navy completed a survey of the seabed near one of the damaged data cables in the Baltic Sea as the Nordic country investigates potential sabotage against the underwater infrastructure. A high-speed fiber optic cable connecting Finland and Germany was …
November 19, 2024
An undersea data cable connecting Finland and Germany was cut in the early hours of Monday by what was likely an external impact and a nearby link between Lithuania and Sweden was also damaged. The 1,200-kilometer (750-mile) high-speed fiber optic …
November 13, 2024
Italian Sea Group is not liable in relation to the fatal sinking of Mike Lynch’s superyacht, which killed the British tech billionaire and six others, its chief executive said on Tuesday. The Bayesian was built in 2008 by Perini Navi, …
October 30, 2024
Albanian prosecutors ordered that containers filled with suspected hazardous industrial waste be seized after the cargo was forced to return to Europe from Southeast Asia. The prosecutors’ order Sunday directed customs authorities and the police to confiscate 102 containers for …
October 24, 2024
A dark-fleet oil tanker that was recently involved in a crash in Southeast Asia is now on its way to China. Ceres I, an aging very-large crude carrier that’s suspected of transporting sanctioned oil, is en route to Zhoushan in …
October 1, 2024
An explosive-laden drone boat slammed into an oil tanker as it sailed past the coast of Yemen, a sign Israeli airstrikes haven’t deterred the country’s Houthi militants from attacking commercial shipping. The 900-foot ship was hit by an uncrewed surface …