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Finland stops Russia-linked vessel over damaged undersea power cable in Baltic Sea
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Finnish authorities detained a ship linked to neighboring Russia as they investigate whether it damaged a Baltic Sea power cable and several data cables, police said, in the latest incident involving disruption of key infrastructure in the region. Finnish...
Undersea power cable linking Finland and Estonia hit by outage, prompting investigation
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — A power cable linking Finland and Estonia under the Baltic Sea suffered an outage, prompting an investigation, Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said Wednesday. Writing on X, Orpo said that power transmission through the Estlink-2 cable stopped...
Finnish authorities open probe into ruptured undersea cable between Finland and Germany
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) — Finnish authorities said Wednesday they have opened an investigation into the rupture of a data cable under the Baltic Sea, adding to a Swedish probe into the possible sabotage of that link and another cable. The C-Lion1 cable, which runs between Finland...
A fire on board an oil tanker off Germany's Baltic Sea coast has been extinguished
BERLIN (AP) — A fire that broke out on board an oil tanker off Germany's Baltic Sea coast has been extinguished, authorities said Saturday. The blaze didn't spread to the ship's load. The maritime rescue service was alerted to the fire on board the German-flagged Annika on Friday...
Fire breaks out on an oil tanker off Germany's Baltic Sea coast. All 7 crew members are rescued
BERLIN (AP) — A fire broke out on in the engine room of an oil tanker off Germany's Baltic Sea coast on Friday and all seven crew members were rescued, German authorities said. The German Maritime Search and Rescue Service said it was alerted to the fire on the 73-meter (240-foot)...