FSUOGM: Chinese ship focus on probe into Balticconnector gas pipe leak

A Chinese ship has become the focus of an investigation into damage caused to the Balticconnector gas pipeline, Finland’s National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said on October 20.

European authorities are on a state of high alert about the risk of sabotage to critical energy infrastructure since the Nord Stream pipelines were ruptured last autumn as a result of subsea detonations, and the latest development has only fuelled this concern further. The Finnish government has already said it does not rule out that the leak at Balticconnector was caused deliberately, potentially by a state actor.

A telecoms cable linking Finland and Estonia was also damaged. So too was a telecoms link between Sweden and Estonia, according to Swedish authorities. 

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