Event 6ba48b50-9d85-45b8-93ef-9767fd26003a

Approved event from Hybrid War Tracker

Status: Approved Confidence: Low Category: Uncategorized Country: Finland Country: Estonia

Source: https://yle.fi/a/74-20084948

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Event Time

1y ago

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Created

1mo ago

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Updated

1mo ago

Summary

Headline: Baltic gas pipeline ruptured by Chinese ship back in service after €40m repair job

Short Summary: Balticconnector pipeline between Finland and Estonia, ruptured in October 2023 presumably by a Chinese ship's anchor, is operational again after extensive repairs.

Description

The Baltic gas pipeline connecting Inkoo, Finland and Paldiski, Estonia, known as the Balticconnector, has resumed operation following a €40 million repair. The pipeline was severed in October 2023, with investigations pointing to a Chinese ship bound for St. Petersburg having dragged its anchor along the seabed, causing the rupture.

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The gas pipeline between Inkoo, Finland and Paldiski, Estonia, was severed last October. The likely culprit was a Chinese ship bound for St. Petersburg, which dragged its anchor along the seabed.

Chinese ship arrived in St Petersburg without anchor

In February officials from the Chinese embassy in Moscow's St. Petersburg Consulate told investigators that the ship should follow instructions and submit to checks once it returned to China, but that it would be permitted to unload its cargo in between in Russia and China.

Balticconnector pipeline repair cost €40m

Source

https://yle.fi/a/74-20084948