Norway leaves Russian ship off after suspected cable

01. Februar 2025

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The Norwegian police announced on Friday evening that no evidence was found that would connect the ship, the Silver Dania, to the alleged act. "The Tromsø police department has now carried out a number of investigations and ensured what we consider necessary in view of the request from Latvia. The examination continues, but we see no reason why the ship should stay in Tromsø longer," said the police lawyer Ronny Jørgensen on Friday.

the arrest of the Silver Dania

The Silver Dania was stopped on Thursday evening and brought to Tromsø on Friday morning by a Norwegian coastal wax ship to be inspected. This happened at the request of the Latvian authorities and after a decision by a Norwegian court.

suspected cable damage

At that time, the police had said that there was suspicion that the ship that was traveling between the Russian ports of Saint Petersburg and Murmansk could be involved in the severe cable damage that was discovered in the Baltic Sea last weekend. The authorities announced no further details, but said that they would search and carry out the ship.

opinion of the company

TORMOD Fossmark, the CEO of the Silversea Society, which the ship owns, rejected the claim that the ship caused damage when passing through the cable area. He emphasized that the company cooperated with the authorities in this matter as "serious". "We have nothing to do with it," Fossmark told the Associated Press news agency. "We had not interpreted an anchor or did anything, which is confirmed in the study today," he added. He also emphasized that the ship's tracking data did not show irregularities while driving.

Hope for onward journey

Fossmark expressed the hope that the ship that had no load on board could continue later a day.

incident with underwater cable

The damage to the data transmission cable, which runs from Ventenspils in Latvia to Gotland, was discovered on Sunday. On the same day, the Swedish public prosecutor announced that it initiated a preliminary investigation on suspicion of sabotage and arranged the arrest of a suspicious ship, which had under Maltese flag.

statements by the owner of the Vezhen

The Bulgarian owner of the ship said that the vezhen accidentally damaged a cable, but dismissed the possibility of sabotage or other acts of the crew.