Tag: Baltic Sea

Estonian Minister of Defense, Hanno Pevkur, proposed the idea of a Baltic Sea shipping tax to fund the protection of undersea cables.

On January 14, 2025, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte co-hosted a Summit of Baltic Sea Allies in Helsinki, focused on addressing the increasing threats to critical infrastructure in the region, particularly undersea energy and communication cables, which have been targeted by recent sabotage.

A tanker reportedly carrying around 99,000 tons of oil drifted north of the island of Rügen in the Baltic Sea.

IMI announced that is set to provide a PEM electrolyser for a new hydrogen refuelling station at the Port of Klaipėda in Lithuania.

The Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom completed its PSC inspection of the tanker Eagle S. and detained the ship.

A bulk carrier collided with a 50,000 dwt Turkish freighter in the Kattegat near Denmark while traveling between Jutland and Sweden.

A Swedish cargo ship caught fire off the coast of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea, on the evening of 28 November, prompting a swift and coordinated rescue operation.

According to Reuters, two undersea cables in the Baltic Sea, one linking Finland and Germany, were severed, raising suspicions of sabotage.

Environment Minister put forward a bill that will prohibit the discharge of scrubber water from ships in Danish territorial waters.

Since April, Finland's Coast Guard has observed persistent disruptions to satellite navigation signals in the Baltic Sea, particularly affecting the Gulf of Finland.