Denmark will spend about 4 billion crowns ($614 million) on building and procuring 26 navy vessels for patrolling, oil spill response and surveillance of undersea cables, Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said on Tuesday.
https://gcaptain.com/denmark-to-spend-600-million-on-surveillance-vessels-amid-russia-threat/
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/
By Bei Hu Mar 22, 2025 (Bloomberg) —China revealed for the first time that it has developed a compact deep-sea cable cutting device that is powerful enough to severe communication lines,…
https://gcaptain.com/china-discloses-powerful-deep-sea-cable-cutter-scmp-reports/
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/
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/
By Andrius Sytas 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 said, adding its navy had…
https://gcaptain.com/baltic-undersea-cable-between-latvia-and-sweden-damaged-by-external-force/
LONDON, Jan 24 (Reuters) – The Russian Embassy in London said that Russia posed no threat to undersea cables in Britain and other NATO countries, after UK defence minister John Healey accused Moscow of “malign…
https://gcaptain.com/russia-says-it-does-not-threaten-undersea-cables-after-uk-raises-alarm/
Under the direction of Secretary Pete Buttigieg, the Department of Transportation has embarked on a course of action that jeopardizes two of America’s most critical assets–our subsea cable infrastructure and…
https://gcaptain.com/marad-to-divert-critical-maritime-security-funding-to-dei-initiatives/
(Bloomberg) — Full repairs to three submarine internet cables damaged in the Red Sea in February are being held up by disputes over who controls access to infrastructure in Yemeni waters. The…
(Bloomberg) — Damage to an undersea cable off the African coast is exacerbating disruptions of internet services to the continent, impacting customers on the islands of Mauritius and La Reunion. Efforts to…
https://gcaptain.com/subsea-cable-damage-cuts-internet-to-islands-off-africa-coast/