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Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Russia Releases Oil Tanker from Baltic Sea Detention, Estonian Broadcaster Says
Incidents

Russia Releases Oil Tanker from Baltic Sea Detention, Estonian Broadcaster Says

Russia has released a Greek-owned oil tanker which was detained in Russian waters on Sunday after leaving an Estonian port, and the vessel has resumed its

May 20, 2025
Total Views: 641

Sunday, May 18, 2025
Tanker EVENTIN adrift in the Baltic Sea
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Estonian PM Vows To Keep Up Checks On Russia’s ‘Shadow Fleet’

By Andrius Sytas TALLINN, May 18 (Reuters) – Estonia will keep checking Russian “shadow fleet” vessels, Prime Minister Kristen Michal told

May 18, 2025
Total Views: 835

Liberia-flagged crude oil tanker Green Admire transits Istanbul's Bosphorus
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Estonia Says Russia Detained A Tanker In Baltic Sea

By Andrius Sytas TALLINN, May 18 (Reuters) – Russia detained a Greek-owned oil tanker on Sunday after it left an Estonian Baltic

May 18, 2025
Total Views: 2690

Thursday, May 15, 2025
A screenshot of video allegedly taken from the bridge of the M/T Jaguar
News

Estonia Confirms Russia Sent Jet After Attempt to Stop Sanction-breaking Ship

Estonia said on Thursday that Moscow had briefly sent a fighter jet into NATO airspace over the Baltic Sea during an attempt to stop a Russian-bound oil

May 15, 2025
Total Views: 1153

Wednesday, May 14, 2025
A screenshot of video allegedly taken from the bridge of the M/T Jaguar
Shipping

Russian Jet Buzzes Estonian Forces in Gulf of Finland Shadow Tanker Showdown

A tense maritime incident unfolded today in the off the Estonian coast when Estonian naval forces attempted to detain the M/T JAGUAR, a crude oil tanker

May 14, 2025
Total Views: 5188

Friday, April 11, 2025
Germany secures oil tanker adrift off its Baltic coast.Handout via REUTERS
Incidents

Estonian Navy Detains Russia-Bound Oil Tanker in Baltic Sea

The Estonian navy detained and boarded a Russia-bound oil tanker on an EU sanctions list on Friday, accusing it of sailing illegally without a valid

April 11, 2025
Total Views: 6054

Thursday, February 13, 2025
Suspected shadow fleetl tanker Eagle S anchored near the Kilpilahti port in Porvoo
Shipping

Estonia’s Navy Steps Up Baltic Sea Patrols

Estonia's navy is prepared to act against vessels that pose a danger to Baltic Sea infrastructure even if they are in international waters, a senior official

February 13, 2025
Total Views: 867

Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Finnish Border Guard's ship Turva and oil tanker Eagle S sail on the sea outside the Porkkalanniemi, Finland
Incidents

Baltic Sea Shipping Tax Could Pay for Undersea Cable Protection, Says Estonian Minister

Shipping firms may need to pay a fee to use the Baltic Sea, one of the world's busiest shipping routes, in order to cover the high costs of protecting

January 29, 2025
Total Views: 1142

Sunday, September 29, 2024
Investigation of the possible attack on the Balticconnector gas line continues. Lehtikuva/HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA via REUTERS
Defense

Finland and Estonia Agree to Joint Defense of Critical Balticonnector Gas Pipeline

By Kati Pohjanpalo (Bloomberg) Finland and Estonia agreed to boost cooperation in protecting underwater energy infrastructure roughly a year after a ship

September 29, 2024
Total Views: 779

Friday, November 10, 2023
Finnish Border Guard's photo of a Hong Kong registered cargo ship 'Newnew Polar Bear', which was spotted moving close to the Balticconnector gas line, during the joint press conference of the investigation of the possible attack on the Balticconnector gas line on 8th Oct., 2023 between Finland and Estonia at the headquarters of the National Bureau of Investigation in Vantaa, Finland, 24 October 2023. Lehtikuva/HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA via REUTERS
News

Estonia Says Chinese Ship is Main Focus of Probe Into Cables Damage

VILNIUS/HELSINKI, Nov 10 (Reuters) – Estonian prosecutors said on Friday the Hong Kong-registered NewNew Polar Bear

November 10, 2023
Total Views: 3974

Wednesday, October 25, 2023
Finnish Border Guard's photo of a Hong Kong registered cargo ship 'Newnew Polar Bear', which was spotted moving close to the Balticconnector gas line, during the joint press conference of the investigation of the possible attack on the Balticconnector gas line on 8th Oct., 2023 between Finland and Estonia at the headquarters of the National Bureau of Investigation in Vantaa, Finland, 24 October 2023. Lehtikuva/HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA via REUTERS
News

Estonia’s Investigation Into Underwater Cable Damage Focusses on Chinese Ship

VILNIUS, Oct 25 (Reuters) – Estonia’s investigation into a damaged Baltic Sea telecoms cable will focus on the actions of a Chinese-owned

October 25, 2023
Total Views: 2125

Tuesday, October 17, 2023
The picture provided by The Finnish Border Guard shows Finnish Border Guard's offshore patrol vessel Turva guarding on October 11, 2023 at sea near the place where damaged Balticconnector gas pipeline is pinpointed at the Gulf of Finland. Lehtikuva/FINNISH BORDER GUARD via REUTERS
News

Sweden Says Telecom Cable with Estonia Damaged

By Niklas Pollard and Anne Kauranen STOCKHOLM/HELSINKI, Oct 17 (Reuters) – A Baltic Sea telecom cable connecting Sweden and Estonia was damaged

October 17, 2023
Total Views: 2658

Friday, October 13, 2023
The picture provided by The Finnish Border Guard shows Finnish Border Guard's offshore patrol vessel Turva guarding on October 11, 2023 at sea near the place where damaged Balticconnector gas pipeline is pinpointed at the Gulf of Finland. Lehtikuva/FINNISH BORDER GUARD via REUTERS
News

Seismologists Detected Blast-like Waves Near Broken Baltic Sea Pipeline

COPENHAGEN, Oct 13 (Reuters) – Nordic and Baltic seismologists said that they had detected blast-like waves on Sunday when a Baltic Sea gas

October 13, 2023
Total Views: 2613

Wednesday, October 11, 2023
The picture provided by The Finnish Border Guard shows Finnish Border Guard's offshore patrol vessel Turva guarding on October 11, 2023 at sea near the place where damaged Balticconnector gas pipeline is pinpointed at the Gulf of Finland. Lehtikuva/FINNISH BORDER GUARD via REUTERS
News

NATO to Respond if Baltic Sea Pipeline Damage Deliberate

HELSINKI/BRUSSELS, Oct 11 (Reuters) – NATO will discuss damage to a gas pipeline and data cable running between member states Finland and Estonia, and

October 11, 2023
Total Views: 8909

Sunday, October 8, 2023
Illustration shows natural gas pipeline and Finland flag. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Offshore

Repairing Finland-Estonia Gas Pipeline May Take Months

OSLO, Oct 8 (Reuters) – Repairing a subsea gas pipeline connecting Finland and Estonia that was shut on Sunday due to a suspected leak

October 8, 2023
Total Views: 3204

Monday, January 23, 2023
New Probe Into Estonia Ferry Sinking Reveals Construction Flaws
Accidents

New Probe Into Estonia Ferry Sinking Reveals Construction Flaws

By Andrius Sytas Jan 23 (Reuters) – A new investigation into the sinking of ferry Estonia that claimed 852 lives in 1994 revealed flaws in its bow

January 23, 2023
Total Views: 4480

Tuesday, February 15, 2022
Case Against Filmmakers Accused of Disturbing Estonia Wreck to Be Tried Again
Accidents

Case Against Filmmakers Accused of Disturbing Estonia Wreck to Be Tried Again

STOCKHOLM, Feb 15 (Reuters) – A Swedish appeal court ordered on Tuesday that a district court try again a case against two film makers accused of

February 15, 2022
Total Views: 2238

Tuesday, November 16, 2021
New Look At Estonia Shipwreck Raises Questions About What Caused the Sinking
Accidents

New Look At Estonia Shipwreck Raises Questions About What Caused the Sinking

STOCKHOLM, Nov 16 (Reuters) – Rock on the seabed may have gouged previously unknown holes in the hull of the ferry Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea

November 16, 2021
Total Views: 5168

Friday, December 18, 2020
Sweden Approves Underwater Examination of Estonia Wreck
Accidents

Sweden Approves Underwater Examination of Estonia Wreck

STOCKHOLM, Dec 18 (Reuters) – Sweden said on Friday it would allow an underwater examination of the ferry Estonia, which sank in the Baltic 26 years ago

December 18, 2020
Total Views: 4947

Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Newly Discovered Hull Damage NOT to Blame for 1994 ‘Estonia’ Ferry Disaster, Report Says
Interesting

Newly Discovered Hull Damage NOT to Blame for 1994 ‘Estonia’ Ferry Disaster, Report Says

VILNIUS, Oct 21 (Reuters) – An Estonian ferry disaster that killed 852 people in 1994 was probably not caused by hull damage to the vessel that was first

October 21, 2020
Total Views: 909