In the German port, Kile was detained by the tanker who was walking from St. Petersburg on suspicion of damage to the cable in the Baltic Sea, reports DPA.
The Arne's tanker went under the flag of Antigua and Barbuda to the Spanish Seville. The ship aroused suspicion of the police, as he had no anchor.
After interrogating the crew, the ship was allowed to leave the port. The police refused to comment on the incident, citing an ongoing investigation.
- The C-Lion 1 Finnish state-owned company Cinia, connecting Finland and Germany, was damaged off the shores of the Swedish Island Gotland in mid-February. In addition to Germany, the incident is investigated by Sweden, in the exclusive economic zone of which there was a cliff.
- In recent months, several incidents have occurred in the Baltic Sea related to damage to cables and pipelines. The authorities of the countries of the region accused Russia of the incident, and ships related to the Russian “shadow fleet” fell under suspicion of sabotage. The Washington Post wrote that according to the results of many months of investigations in the intelligence services of the United States and Europe, they came to the conclusion that the damage was not intended.