Baltic Sea

Disabled oil tanker adrift in Baltic Sea towed to Sassnitz
A loaded oil tanker that lost the ability to manoeuvre in the Baltic Sea near the German island of Rügen has been towed to the city harbour of Sassnitz.The...
Disabled oil tanker adrift in Baltic Sea being towed eastwards
A loaded oil tanker that lost the ability to manoeuvre in the Baltic Sea near the German island of Rügen was being towed almost 25 kilometres eastwards by three...
German tug secures ‘shadow fleet’ oil tanker adrift in Baltic Sea
German rescue teams have managed to secure towing lines to a loaded oil tanker that lost the ability to manoeuvre in the Baltic Sea near the German island of...
NATO naval unit to monitor critical infrastructure in Baltic Sea
NATO's standing maritime group is to set off from its base in the German port of Kiel for the Baltic Sea to monitor critical underwater infrastructure following several suspected...
Finnish investigators find anchor drag mark on the Baltic seabed following cable damage
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) — Finnish investigators probing the damage to a Baltic Sea power cable and several data cables said they found an anchor drag mark on the seabed,...
Germany calls for new sanctions on Russia’s dark fleet that is ‘damaging major undersea cables’ nearly every month
Germany's foreign minister urged new European Union sanctions on Russia's dark fleet.As part of a probe into a cut cable, Finland said last week it detained a ship that...
NATO to boost presence in Baltic Sea after cable outages
NATO will strengthen its presence in the Baltic Sea following the outage of the Estlink 2 submarine power cable, Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Friday after speaking to...
NATO to expand patrols in Baltic Sea after undersea cables incident
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Friday said the alliance will increase patrols in the Baltic Sea region after Finland seized an oil tanker suspected of having damaged undersea power...
Finland seizes Russia-linked tanker suspected of cutting vital undersea cables
Finland has seized an oil tanker suspected of having severed undersea power and internet cables, with Finnish authorities saying the vessel may have been part of Russia's "shadow fleet"...
NATO to boost military presence in Baltic after cables ‘sabotage’
NATO will bolster its military presence in the Baltic Sea after the suspected sabotage of an undersea power cable linking Finland and Estonia this week, the Western military alliance's...
2-GW Offshore Grid Connection Takes Shape in the German Baltic Sea
50Hertz, the transmission system operator (TSO) for eastern Germany, has awarded its Ostwind 4 project to GE Vernova, in consortium with Drydocks World, a DP World company that provides...
Sweden asks China to co-operate over severed cables
Sweden has formally asked China to co-operate with an investigation into damage to two cables in the Baltic Sea after a Chinese ship was linked to the incidents.The cables...