By any chance could this be russia?
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Almost definitely yes. The ship was coming from St. Petersburg.
Ahhh that says it all, interesting must be part of their shadow fleet
I just read the Finnish language article, which is strangely devoid of the word russia. How much more obvious can it be? How many times have we seen this exact scenario:
- tanker is registered in some exotic place
- left St petersburg or going there
- "accidentally" left its anchor scratching the bottom of the sea
No doubt everybody knows what's going on anyhow. I propose a collaboration between Finland & Estonia to stretch unbreakable monofilament across the strait.
The first article I saw about this mentioned that it was coming from St. Petersburg and that it was marked "suspicious" on a site tracking sanctions despite not being an official "shadow fleet" vessel.
Seems like Border Patrol pulled off another helicopter fast-rope onto a ship's deck - almost exactly a year after the last one.
Or, it's time to just stop allowing any shipping traffic to or from St Petersburg. If Russia keeps using civilian vessels from there to perform military acts of sabotage then it seems perfectly reasonable to stop allowing any vessels to travel to or from there. Any ships bound to or from that port need to travel through another countries teritorial waters to access the ocean and at this point they would be well within their rights to stop allowing those ships to travel through their waters. Enough is enough. Russia can either quit their shit or stop having a useful port in St Petersburg.
The crew should be treated like any other hostile covert intelligence asset and operatives who get arrested during their activities, not as ordinary criminals.
Best we can do is slap on the wrist and vague promise to do better in the future.
4:53 A disruption occurs in the telecommunications network due to a cable break.
7:36 The police command center receives a report of the disruption.
7:40 The Helsinki Police Department decides to establish a situation organization.
7:49 Helsinki Police Chief Jari Liukku contacts National Police Commissioner Ilkka Koskimäki.
7:50 The situation organization is being formed. Preparation of action plans has begun.
During the morning, the police are also in contact with other authorities. The Border Guard, Customs, Defence Forces, Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom, and the Prosecution Service discuss the division of tasks with the police.
10:25 Command responsibility transfers to the police. The police had already earlier determined that a crime is suspected in connection with the case. The police have grounds to act to prevent new crimes.
11:05 The police and Border Guard descend onto the deck of the vessel Fitburg using a helicopter. The vessel is suspected of causing the cable damage.
11:11 The vessel's bridge is under the authorities' control. After that, the authorities carry out arrests of crew members and other security measures. The vessel is moved to a safe location where the authorities' actions can continue.