April 27, 2025
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Finnish coastguard boards tanker suspected of causing power and internet cable outages

Finnish coastguard boards tanker suspected of causing power and internet cable outages

Cook Islands-registered Eagle S was carrying Russian oil in the Baltic Sea

Finnish authorities have seized a ship carrying Russian oil in the Baltic Sea on suspicion it caused the outage of an undersea power cable connecting Finland and Estonia a day earlier, and that it also damaged or broke four internet lines.

On Thursday, a Finnish coastguard crew boarded the Cook Islands-registered ship, named by authorities as the Eagle S. The crew took command and sailed the vessel to Finnish waters, a coastguard official told a press conference.

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