Finnish police authorities said Thursday that they are examining an oil tanker that supposedly sailed from a Russian port to mess up a power cable linking the Nordic country with close-by Estonia.The Estlink 2 submarine cable, which carries electricity from Finland to Estonia, was disconnected from the grid on Wednesday, just over a month after two telecoms cable televisions were severed in Swedish territorial waters in the Baltic Sea.Finlands National Bureau of Investigation stated a probe for intensified sabotage had been opened into the oil tanker Eagle S, which flies under the flag of the Cook Islands in the South Pacific.
The assumption at the moment is that it is a shadow fleet vessel and the cargo was unleaded fuel loaded in a Russian port, a Finnish customizeds authorities stated, referring to ships thattransport embargoed Russian crude and oil products.Finnish President Alexander Stubb stated his government was keeping track of the scenario closely, noting that threats postured by Russias shadow fleet vessels should be prevented.
The Eagle S is bound for Port Said in Egypt and is still situated in the Gulf of Finland, according to the Marine Traffic website.Finnish police authorities, who carried out a search of the tanker and spoke to its team, stated they suspect the vessels anchor might have harmed the Estlink 2 submarine cable television.
Our patrol vessel took a trip to the location and might determine visually that the vessels anchor was missing out on, Markku Hassinen of the Finnish Border Guard stated at a news conference.
So there is a clear factor to think something weird occurred.