China admits HK containership damaged Baltic Sea gas pipeline

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CHINA has admitted for the first time that Hong Kong-flagged 1,620-TEU Newnew Polar Bear is responsible for the damage inflicted to a Baltic Sea gas pipeline in October, reports Newsweek. An official investigation into the incident has determined it was an accident, reported Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post. The Baltic connector gas pipeline was closed on October 8 after pressure quickly fell, alerting the operator to the leak. Finnish President Sauli Niinisto said an ‘external activity’...

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