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A Chinese cargo ship is under investigation related to severed data cables in the Baltic Sea. A probe found that the vessel steamed ahead while dragging its anchor for more than 100 miles.
The incident had echoes of a 2023 case in which Chinese ship NewNew Polar Bear was suspected of damaging undersea cables as well as a gas pipeline in the Baltic.
The 1884 Convention for the Protection of Submarine Telegraph Cables was the first international compact to deal with underwater cables. [8] It proscribes breakage or damage of such cables — except by belligerents engaged in open war — and permits the naval forces of state parties to engage in certain enforcement actions against suspected offenders.
On 17–18 November 2024, [1] two submarine telecommunication cables, the BCS East-West Interlink and C-Lion1 fibre-optic cables were disrupted in the Baltic Sea.The incidents involving both cables occurred in close proximity of each other and near-simultaneously which prompted accusations from European government officials and NATO member states of hybrid warfare and sabotage as the cause of ...
A Chinese ship was seen near severed Baltic Sea internet cables, the FT reported. Germany's defense minister said the incidents were likely to have been "caused by sabotage."
TPE or Trans-Pacific Express is a submarine telecommunications cable linking China, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and the United States.The line is a US$500 million joint venture between 6 telecommunication companies China Telecom, China Netcom, China Unicom, Chunghwa Telecom, Korea Telecom, and Verizon Communications (AT&T and NTT joined in March 2008).
FASTER is a trans-Pacific submarine communications cable that went live during the last week of June 2016. [1] The cable has a total length of approximately 11,629 km [2] and a capacity of 60Tb/s. [3] The companies involved in the project include: [1] [3] Google; KDDI; SingTel; China Telecom Global; China Mobile International; Global Transit ...
A file photo shows a fiber optic cable being pulled ashore by a cable-laying ship in the Baltic Sea, in Sassnitz, Germany, Nov. 29, 2023. / Credit: Stefan Sauer/picture alliance/Getty