Baltic Telecoms Cable Severed As Chinese Ship Dragged Anchor Over Seabed, Says Russian Firm

Baltic Telecoms Cable Severed As Chinese Ship Dragged Anchor Over Seabed, Says Russian Firm

A Russian fibre optic cable underneath the Baltic Sea was severed in October when a container vessel from China sailed over it, per Rostelecom on Tuesday.

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Finnish investigators have said that they suspect the vessel, the New New Polar Bear, of resulting in serious impairments to the Balticconnector gas pipeline by dragging the anchor over the seabed while on the voyage.

Two other Baltic telecom cables were also impaired on the night of 7 October along the...

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