Finnish police seize vessel suspected of damaging underwater cable
Border guards say they found ship with anchor lowered into sea after detection of fault in Helsinki-Tallinn telecoms link Finnish police have seized a vessel suspected of damaging a telecommunications cable that runs between Helsinki and Tallinn in the Gulf of Finland. Police did not disclose any details about the identity of the vessel, but the Finnish public broadcaster Yle, citing the MarineTraffic website, said the ship was the Fitburg, a 132-metre-long cargo ship bearing the flag of St Vincent and the Grenadines, en route from St Petersburg in Russia to Haifa in Israel. Continue reading...
Border guards find boat with its anchor down after telecoms link was targeted in Estonian waters
A ship suspected of damaging an underwater cable running between Helsinki and Tallinn has been seized by police.
Finnish officials say the vessel is suspected of being “responsible for the damage to the cable” owned by the telecoms group Elisa and located in Estonia’s exclusive economic zone.
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