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Wednesday, April 22, 2026
HD Hyundai Heavy Wins Landmark Swedish Icebreaker Order, Marking Strategic Arctic Push
News

HD Hyundai Heavy Wins Landmark Swedish Icebreaker Order, Marking Strategic Arctic Push

South Korea’s HD Hyundai Heavy Industries has secured its first overseas order for an icebreaker, winning a contract from Sweden in a deal that signals

April 22, 2026
Total Views: 1349

Friday, April 10, 2026
Estonia Says Detaining Russia’s Tankers in Baltic Sea is Too Risky
News

Estonia Says Detaining Russia’s Tankers in Baltic Sea is Too Risky

NATO member Estonia will refrain from detaining Russia's "shadow fleet" vessels in the Baltic Sea, worried that seizing oil tankers and other ships sanctioned

April 10, 2026
Total Views: 1829

Saturday, March 7, 2026
A Swedish Coast Guard helicopter hovers beside the cargo ship Caffa in the Baltic Sea during a boarding operation off Trelleborg, Sweden, on March 6, 2026.
News

Sweden Boards Suspected ‘Stateless’ Cargo Ship in Baltic Sea

Swedish authorities have boarded and taken control of a cargo vessel in the Baltic Sea after determining the ship was operating as a suspected stateless ship,

March 7, 2026
Total Views: 2089

Monday, February 2, 2026
The French Navy frigate FREMM Languedoc. Photo courtesy Marine Nationale
Defense

French Frigate Docks in Sweden as $5 Billion Defense Deal Heats Up

By Charlie Duxbury Feb 2, 2026 (Bloomberg) – The French navy sailed its new frigate Amiral Ronarc’h into Sweden’s Gothenburg harbor on Monday as

February 2, 2026
Total Views: 2015

Tuesday, December 16, 2025
An aerial view shows the oil tanker named Boracay (also called Pushpa)
Featured

Sweden Confirms Armed Guards Aboard Russian Shadow Tankers

Sweden’s Navy has confirmed that armed personnel in military uniforms are aboard oil tankers belonging to Russia’s shadow fleet operating in the

December 16, 2025
Total Views: 202807

Tuesday, October 14, 2025
The cargo ship Vezhen is anchored for examination by Swedish authorities outside Karlskrona, Sweden, January 27, 2025
Defense

Sweden Close Baltic Sea Cable Damage Investigation, Ruling Accident Not Sabotage

Swedish prosecutors have closed their investigation into damage to a communication cable between Sweden and Latvia in the Baltic Sea, concluding that the

October 14, 2025
Total Views: 1210

Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Swedish, Polish Forces Simulate Defense of Gotland Amid Baltic Tensions
Defense

Swedish, Polish Forces Simulate Defense of Gotland Amid Baltic Tensions

The Swedish island of Gotland holds the key to control of the Baltic Sea, according to Swedish and Polish officers taking part in military exercises this week

September 24, 2025
Total Views: 1483

Monday, July 14, 2025
M/T Stena Sunrise
Shipping

Stena Bulk to Bring First Suezmax Tanker Under Swedish Flag

Tanker operator Stena Bulk is set to make history as it prepares to reflag its first Suezmax tanker, Stena Sunrise, under the Swedish flag at the end of July

July 14, 2025
Total Views: 2693

Wednesday, July 2, 2025
Tanker EVENTIN adrift in the Baltic Sea
Shipping

Germany and Sweden Launch Joint Initiative to Monitor Shadow Fleet in Baltic Sea

German authorities have implemented a new measure requiring tankers traveling eastward through the Fehmarn Belt, in the western part of the Baltic Sea, to

July 2, 2025
Total Views: 862

Friday, February 21, 2025
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

Finland, Sweden Investigate New Cable Incident Baltic Sea

 Swedish and Finnish police are investigating a suspected case of sabotage of an undersea telecoms cable in the Baltic Sea, and Sweden's coast guard has

February 21, 2025
Total Views: 1051

Monday, February 3, 2025
The Swedish Coast Guard vessel KBV 033, and the cargo ship Vezhen, which is under seizure while it is being investigated by Swedish authorities, are anchored outside Karlskrona, Sweden, January 27, 2025
News

Sweden Says Ship Broke Baltic Sea Cable by Accident

The cargo ship Vezhen did damage a subsea cable linking Sweden and Latvia last month but it was an accident, not sabotage, a Swedish prosecutor said on

February 3, 2025
Total Views: 5160

Monday, January 27, 2025
The cargo ship Vezhen is anchored for examination by Swedish authorities outside Karlskrona, Sweden, January 27, 2025
Incidents

Swedish Authorities Board Ship Seized Over Baltic Sea Cable Breach

Swedish authorities boarded a Maltese-flagged ship seized in connection with the latest breach of cables running along the bottom of the Baltic Sea to begin

January 27, 2025
Total Views: 2779

Sunday, January 26, 2025
NATO flagship frigate Tromp in Tallinn
Incidents

Sweden Opens Sabotage Probe Into Baltic Undersea Cable Damage

By Andrius Sytas and Johan Ahlander STOCKHOLM/VILNIUS, Jan 26 (Reuters) – An undersea fiber optic cable between Latvia and Sweden was damaged on

January 26, 2025
Total Views: 1832

Sunday, January 12, 2025
China willing to maintain communication on submarine infrastructure security.Mikkel Berg Pedersen/Ritzau Scanpix/via REUTERS
Defense

Sweden May Have To Build Up Its Defense Force, Premier Says

By Charles Daly Jan 12, 2025 (Bloomberg) —Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson indicated the country could increase its defense spending amid the

January 12, 2025
Total Views: 5143

Tuesday, November 26, 2024
Sweden Urges Chinese Ship to Return for Undersea Cable Investigation
Incidents

Sweden Urges Chinese Ship to Return for Undersea Cable Investigation

Sweden is asking a Chinese vessel to return to Swedish waters to help facilitate the Nordic country's investigation into recent breaches of undersea

November 26, 2024
Total Views: 13058

Sunday, November 24, 2024
German and Swedish Coast Guards Arrive Near ‘Yi Peng 3’ In Escalating Cable Damage Incident
Incidents

German and Swedish Coast Guards Arrive Near ‘Yi Peng 3’ In Escalating Cable Damage Incident

The investigation surrounding Chinese bulker carrier Yi Peng 3 suspected of damaging two submarine cables in the Baltic Sea continues to expand.

November 24, 2024
Total Views: 24409

Friday, November 22, 2024
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

Sabotage Suspicions: Sweden’s Navy Investigates Baltic Sea Cable Damage

Sweden’s Navy completed a survey of the seabed near one of the damaged data cables in the Baltic Sea as the Nordic country investigates potential sabotage

November 22, 2024
Total Views: 2883

Monday, November 4, 2024
aerial of an offshore wind turbine
Offshore

Sweden Blocks Baltic Sea Wind Farms Over Defense Concerns

STOCKHOLM, Nov 4 (Reuters) – Sweden has rejected applications to build 13 offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea due to defense concerns, while giving

November 4, 2024
Total Views: 1997

Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Artemis' electric hydrofoiling pilot boat
Environment

Sweden’s New Electric Hydrofoiling Pilot Boat to Slash Maritime Emissions

The Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA) has placed an order for a fully electric, hydrofoiling pilot boat from UK-based Artemis Technologies, marking a

October 15, 2024
Total Views: 2508

Wednesday, November 1, 2023
View of the grounded TT Line Marco Polo ferry and a tug boat, as the ferry leaks oil into the Baltic off the coast of Horvik, Sweden October 26, 2023. TT News Agency/Johan Nilsson via REUTERS
Accidents

Salvage Crews Refloat Marco Polo Ferry in Sweden

Salvage crews from Smit Salvage have successfully refloated the Marco Polo ferry in Sweden. The ferry, operated by TT-Line of Germany, ran aground on October

November 1, 2023
Total Views: 9108