finland's transmission grid company fingrid announced that estlink 2 disconnected from the grid at 12.26. the power transfer of the connection was 650 mw when it disconnected.
xin xin tian 2 left st petersburg on christmas eve, and according to marinetraffic it is on its way to port said in egypt.
fingrid is currently investigating where the connection was lost. for now it is not certain whether the connection was lost on land or if something happened to the submarine cable. it is also not known whether the xin xin tian 2 vessel had anything to do with the power cable fault.
read also xin xin tian 2 moved near the power cable – this is what is now known about the power connection between finland and estonia being cut
– nothing is ruled out, all stones and stumps are being turned and we will see what caused it [the outage]. yes, that [sabotage] is also considered an option, fingrid's control room manager arto pahkin told iltalehti earlier.
There have been other recent incidents of sabotage involving Chinese and Hong Kong-flagged cargo ships in the Baltic Sea.
In November, the Chinese cargo ship Yi Peng 3 was suspected of severing two critical telecommunications cables in the Baltic Sea. In October last year, the Hong Kong-registered NewNew Polar Bear cargo ship was linked to damage to the BalticConnector gas pipeline.

Indicative map of the locations of the Estlink cables between Estonia and Finland. il/aleksi nissilä, openstreetmap
Article edited on 25.12.2024 at 21.58: The power transmission of the connection has been clarified based on a Fingrid press release.