Finland Detains Tanker Suspected Of Cable Damage After Finding Serious Maintenance Issues

The transport ministry of Finland completed the port state inspection of the tanker Eagle S which is suspected of damaging 5 Baltic Sea cables using its anchor on the day of Christmas.

The agency detained the ship after finding severe deficiencies and prevented it from leaving until the issues were rectified.

The tanker was detained by Finnish Police on December 25 and 26, was taken into custody and moved to anchorage for investigation purposes.

In the inspection which continued for a week, Traficom revealed 32 deficiencies that aligned with earlier reports