aiwan prosecutors on Friday for the first time charged a Chinese ship captain with intentionally damaging undersea cables off the island in February, after a rise in sea cable malfunctions alarmed Taiwan officials amid tensions with China.
https://gcaptain.com/taiwan-charges-captain-of-chinese-cable-cutter/
The frequency of cable incidents in the Baltic Sea has been “exceptional” in recent years, but state actors have more effective ways of performing underwater sabotage than by dragging anchors, Finland’s intelligence service chief said.
https://gcaptain.com/finlands-secret-service-says-frequency-of-cable-incidents-is-exceptional/
By Kati Pohjanpalo Mar 2, 2025 (Bloomberg) –Finland has ended the seizure of a shadow fleet tanker that pulled up four underwater data cables and a power link on Dec. 25…
https://gcaptain.com/finland-ends-seizure-of-shadow-fleet-ship-held-for-cable-damage/
Swedish and Finnish police are investigating a suspected case of sabotage of an undersea telecoms cable in the Baltic Sea, and Sweden’s coast guard has deployed a vessel to the area where multiple seabed cables have been damaged in recent months.
https://gcaptain.com/finland-sweden-investigate-new-cable-incident-baltic-sea/
By Gian Volpicelli and Andrea Palasciano Feb 15, 2025 (Bloomberg) –The European Union is mulling a public-private initiative worth “hundreds of millions” of euros to buy ships that can promptly repair…
https://gcaptain.com/eu-in-talks-to-fund-fleet-to-repair-damaged-subsea-cables/
Estonia’s navy is prepared to act against vessels that pose a danger to Baltic Sea infrastructure even if they are in international waters, a senior official patrolling the busy Gulf of Finland shipping lane said on Thursday.
https://gcaptain.com/estonias-navy-steps-up-baltic-sea-patrols/
By Andrius Sytas and Janis Laizans VILNIUS, Feb 9 (Reuters) – The Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania completed a switch from Russia’s electricity grid to the EU’s system on Sunday, severing Soviet-era…
https://gcaptain.com/baltic-states-switch-to-european-power-grid-ending-russia-ties/
The cargo ship Vezhen did damage a subsea cable linking Sweden and Latvia last month but it was an accident, not sabotage, a Swedish prosecutor said on Monday, adding that the Maltese-flagged vessel had been released.
https://gcaptain.com/sweden-says-ship-broke-baltic-sea-cable-by-accident/
OSLO, Feb 1 (Reuters) – A Norwegian cargo ship with an all-Russian crew suspected of damaging a Baltic Sea telecoms cable has been released by authorities in Norway after no link to…
https://gcaptain.com/norway-releases-ship-suspected-of-baltic-sea-cable-damage/
By Andrius Sytas and Johan Ahlander STOCKHOLM/VILNIUS, Jan 26 (Reuters) – An undersea fiber optic cable between Latvia and Sweden was damaged on Sunday, likely as a result of external influence, Latvia…
https://gcaptain.com/sweden-opens-sabotage-probe-into-baltic-undersea-cable-damage/