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Finland moves tanker suspected of undersea cable damage closer to port

Finnish authorities said on Saturday they are moving an impounded tanker closer to port after boarding the vessel carrying Russian oil previously today on suspicion it had actually harmed an undersea power line and four telecoms cable televisions.

Baltic Sea nations have actually been on high alert after a string of failures of power cable televisions, telecom links and gas pipelines because Russia attacked Ukraine in 2022, and NATO said on Friday it would enhance its presence in the region.

The Cook Islands-registered ship, named by authorities as the Eagle S, was boarded on Thursday by a Finnish coast guard team that took command and cruised the vessel to Finnish waters, a coast guard official said.

Finnish authorities think the Eagle S might have triggered the damage to undersea cable televisions the previous day by dragging its anchor along the seabed.

The police start an operation to transfer the Eagle S. tanker from the Gulf of Finland to Svartbeck, an inner anchorage. near the port of Kilpilahti, the Helsinki authorities department. said in a statement on Saturday.

This would be a much better place to perform. examinations, it added.

Finland's customizeds service believes the ship becomes part of a. shadow fleet of ageing tankers being used to avert sanctions. on the sale of Russian oil.

The Kremlin stated on Friday Finland's seizure of the ship was. of little concern to it. In the past, Russia has actually denied. participation in any of the Baltic infrastructure incidents.

(source: Reuters)