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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: 1026

Monday, February 3, 2025
Sweden Says Ship Broke Baltic Sea Cable by Accident
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: 5133

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: 2744

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: 1795

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: 5118

Tuesday, November 26, 2024
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: 13026

Sunday, November 24, 2024
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: 24343

Friday, November 22, 2024
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: 2859

Monday, November 4, 2024
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: 1960

Tuesday, October 15, 2024
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: 2451

Wednesday, November 1, 2023
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: 9077

Tuesday, October 17, 2023
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: 2656

Monday, April 10, 2023
Shipbuilding

Austal to Develop Hydrogen-Powered High-Speed Catamaran for Sweden’s Gotland

Australian shipbuilder Austal has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Sweden’s Gotland Company to develop the design of Gotland’s

April 10, 2023
Total Views: 3151

Friday, October 28, 2022
Navy

Swedish Navy Salvage Vessel To Further Investigate Nord Stream Blast

by Terje Solsvik (Reuters) Sweden has ordered additional investigations to be carried out of the damage done last month to the two Nord Stream pipelines, the

October 28, 2022
Total Views: 4595

Tuesday, April 26, 2022
NATO NAVY minehunter
Navy

NATO Minehunters Arrive In Finland

by Essi Lehto (Reuters) Three NATO warships arrived in the southwestern Finnish port of Turku on Monday to train with Finland’s navy as Helsinki

April 26, 2022
Total Views: 2879

Monday, December 13, 2021
Divers work aboard the Danish cargo ship Karin Hoej which collided with the British cargo ship Scot Carrier between Ystad and Bornholm, on the Baltic Sea December 13, 2021. Johan Nilsson/TT News Agency/via REUTERS
Accidents

One Dead, Another Missing After Collision Off Sweden; Criminal Probe Underway

By Nikolaj Skydsgaard, Johan Ahlander and Niklas Pollard STOCKHOLM/COPENHAGEN, Dec 13 (Reuters) – One of two Danish crew members missing from a capsized

December 13, 2021
Total Views: 9613

Tuesday, November 3, 2020
Aker Arctic to Develop New Baltic Icebreakers for Finland and Sweden
Shipping News

Aker Arctic to Develop New Baltic Icebreakers for Finland and Sweden

Finnish-based Aker Arctic has been selected to develop next-generation icebreakers for the Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA) and the Finnish Transport

November 3, 2020
Total Views: 449

Wednesday, April 24, 2019
wllanius sol vessel
Shipping News

New Swedish Shipping Company Launched

Wallenius and Swedish Orient Line have teamed up to launch a new shipping company focussing on the eco-friendly transport of forestry products and other goods

April 24, 2019
Total Views: 145

Sunday, August 5, 2018
Drunken Master Suspected in Another Ship Grounding Off Sweden
Interesting

Drunken Master Suspected in Another Ship Grounding Off Sweden

A cargo ship which ran aground Friday night off Helsingborg, Sweden has been refloated with no pollution reported, the Swedish Coast Guard said Sunday. The

August 5, 2018
Total Views: 476

Friday, May 19, 2017
Escalating Dockworkers’ Conflict Now Threatens Swedish Economy
News

Escalating Dockworkers’ Conflict Now Threatens Swedish Economy

By Niclas Rolander and Hanna Hoikkala (Bloomberg) — As a drawn-out labor conflict at the Nordic region’s largest port escalates, some of Sweden’s

May 19, 2017
Total Views: 33