The electricity company Fingrid will try to get a court order to seize the tanker "Eagle S" as compensation for damages. This is stated on Fingrid's website on Thursday. A request has been sent to the district court in the Finnish capital, Helsinki.
An electricity cable and several data cables running in the Baltic Sea between Finland and Estonia were damaged on December 25. Finnish police suspect that the tanker "Eagle S", which sailed from St. Petersburg on the night of December 25, caused the damage. The suspicion is, among other things, gross sabotage. "Eagle S" is anchored off the Finnish city of Borgå east of Helsinki.
Fingrid, which operates the Finnish electricity grid and is mainly owned by the state, is demanding compensation for damages to the Estlink 2 cable, writes Reuters. After several breaks in cables in the Baltic Sea, the Western military alliance Nato has said that it will increase its military presence in the Baltic Sea. Earlier on Thursday, Finnish authorities launched another inspection of the tanker "Eagle S".
The inspection is to determine whether the ship meets international safety requirements and has valid certificates. Finnish police are already conducting a police investigation on the ship. The police investigation is directly related to the cable breaks in the Baltic Sea, while the investigation launched on Thursday is routine and focuses on the ship itself and its condition.
The customs authorities believe that the ship, which is sailing under the Cook Islands flag, is part of Russia's so-called shadow fleet. The ships in the shadow fleet are believed to be circumventing international sanctions against Russia by sailing with Russian goods without sailing under the Russian flag. "Eagle S" is loaded with 35,000 tonnes of petrol, writes Hufvudstadsbladet
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