“Finland has been granted permission to detain a detained “shadow fleet” tanker that damaged a power cable and four communications cables in the Baltic Sea last week, a court has ruled.”, — write: epravda.com.ua
Finland has been granted permission to detain a detained “shadow fleet” tanker that damaged a power cable and four communications cables in the Baltic Sea last week, a court has ruled. This is reported by the Bloomberg agency. The Eagle S tanker was detained by the police on December 28. Examination of the seabed revealed numerous marks indicating that the vessel was dragging its anchor at the time of the incident. It is the third time in just over a year that a ship’s anchor has damaged underwater infrastructure in the Baltic Sea.Advertisement: On Friday, the Helsinki District Court rejected a request by United Arab Emirates shipping company Caravella LLC to end the tanker’s detention, according to an emailed response to inquiries. The vessel, which flies the flag of the Cook Islands, was identified as part of the so-called “shadow fleet” transporting Russian oil products. It is currently detained in a port in southern Finland. The tanker is being investigated on suspicion of committing serious crimes, including causing serious damage to property and interfering with communications systems.Advertisement: Reminder: Finnish authorities are investigating the case of an oil tanker that is part of Russia’s shadow fleet to see if it cut an electric line cable between Finland and Estonia. In Finland, on Monday, December 2, a fiber-optic cable connecting the country to Sweden was damaged, which caused a large-scale communication failure. On November 18, the submarine communication cable between Finland and Germany was severed, the investigation into the causes of the rupture is ongoing. Finnish law enforcement officers, who are investigating damage to underwater power and information cables, found traces on the seabed, probably left by the anchor of the detained tanker of the Russian shadow fleet Eagle S. The repair of the Estlink 2 electrical cable damaged on December 25 in the Baltic Sea will be long and expensive.