{"id":23019,"date":"2025-01-07T07:42:35","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T07:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/?p=807075"},"modified":"2025-01-07T07:42:35","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T07:42:35","slug":"finlands-elisa-says-baltic-undersea-cables-were-torn-apart-by-external-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/2025\/01\/07\/finlands-elisa-says-baltic-undersea-cables-were-torn-apart-by-external-force\/","title":{"rendered":"Finland\u2019s Elisa Says Baltic Undersea Cables Were Torn Apart by External Force"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/10\/gulf-of-finland-and-gulf-of-riga-462149875-bigstock-580x387.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/10\/gulf-of-finland-and-gulf-of-riga-462149875-bigstock-scaled.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<ul class=\"nav nav-tabs tabs tabs-entry\">\n<li class=\"active\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/news\/international\/2025\/01\/07\/807075.htm\">Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/news\/international\/2025\/01\/07\/807075.htm?comments\" rel=\"nofollow\">0 Comments<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"article-content clearfix\">\n<div class=\"tw-mb-rcp-60\">\n<p class=\"tw-rcp-heading-lg-medium\" data-qa-component=\"item-headline\" data-rc-highlight=\"headline\"><span>Two undersea telecommunications cables that were damaged in the Baltic Sea on Dec. 25 appeared to have been torn apart by a strong external force, Finland\u2019s Elisa<\/span><span> said on Monday, adding that they had now been repaired.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"font-knowledge regular line-height-1-5 text-story color-black f6 pt16 pb20 border-bottom border-gray-22 story-copy\" dir=\"auto\" data-qa-component=\"item-story\" data-rc-highlight=\"story\">\n<p>Baltic Sea nations are on high alert after a string of power cable, telecom link and gas pipeline outages since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. The NATO military alliance has said it will boost its presence in the region.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bzn bzn-sized bzn-intext\">\n<ins data-revive-zoneid=\"79\" data-revive-block=\"1\" data-revive-id=\"36eb7c2bd3daa932a43cc2a8ffbed3a9\"><\/ins> <\/div>\n<p>Finnish police <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/news\/international\/2025\/01\/02\/806620.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seized the Eagle S tanke<\/a>r carrying Russian oil on Dec. 26 and said they suspected that the vessel had damaged the Finnish-Estonian Estlink 2 power line and four telecoms cables on Christmas Day by dragging its anchor across the seabed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/news\/international\/2024\/12\/31\/806490.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Finland Finds Anchor Drag Marks Left by Tanker That Broke Cables<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sweden\u2019s navy on Friday sent a vessel equipped for underwater work to aid Finland\u2019s seabed investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe current suspicion is that the external force has been caused by an anchor,\u201d Jaakko Wallenius, Chief Security Officer at Elisa<span class=\"tr-strong\">,<\/span> which owns two of the four fiber optic lines, told Reuters on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The cables, running between Finland and Estonia, are steel-reinforced with a diameter of just over two centimeters, with several layers of insulation protecting the fibers within.<\/p>\n<p>The Eagle S vessel, which is registered in the Cook Islands, was brought to a bay near Finland\u2019s port of Porvoo where police are currently collecting evidence and questioning the crew, eight of whom were named as suspects in the investigation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bzn bzn-sized bzn-intext-2\">\n<ins data-revive-zoneid=\"162\" data-revive-block=\"1\" data-revive-id=\"36eb7c2bd3daa932a43cc2a8ffbed3a9\"><\/ins> <\/div>\n<p>A Finnish lawyer representing the company that owns the Eagle S has said Finland hijacked the vessel at sea and should release it, a request denied by a court on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Repairing the Estlink 2 power cable that was broken along with the telecoms cables is expected to take some seven months, operators Fingrid of Finland and Elering of Estonia have said.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow has said Finland\u2019s seizure of the ship is not a matter for Russia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tr-signoff\">(Reporting by Isabelle Yr Carlsson, writing by Louise Breusch Rasmussen, editing by Terje Solsvik, Kirsten Donovan)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-poll\" data-post=\"807075\">\n<div class=\"article-poll-vote\">\n<p>Was this article valuable?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-poll-feedback voted-no\">\n<form class=\"feedback-form\">\n<p>Thank you! 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