Norway releases Russian -occupied ship after suspected cable
Norway releases Russian -occupied ship after suspected cable
A Norwegian-public, Russia, which was initially suspected of being involved in the damage of an underwater glass fiber table that connects Latvia with the Swedish island of Gotland, was released.
Investigations by the Norwegian police
The Norwegian police announced on Friday evening that no evidence was found that would connect the ship, the Silver Dania , with this incident. The lawyer of the Tromsø police, Ronny Jørgensen, said: "The police department Tromsø has now carried out a number of investigations and has now ensured everything that we consider necessary with regard to the request from Latvia. The investigation continues, but we see no reason why the ship should stay in Tromsø longer."
incident in the port of Tromsø
The Silver Dania was stopped on Thursday evening and brought to Tromsø on Friday morning by a Norwegian coastal wax ship. This step took place at the request of the Latvian authorities and on the basis of a decision by a Norwegian court.
At this point, the police said that there was a suspicion that the ship that was traveling between the Russian ports of Saint Petersburg and Murmansk could have been involved in severe cable damage that was discovered in the Baltic Sea last weekend.ship and owner defend themselves
The authorities announced no further details, but they searched the ship and carried out surveys. Tormod Fossmark, the CEO of the Silversea company, which the ship owns, rejected the claim that the ship caused damage when the cable was passed. He assured that the company cooperated with the authorities in this "serious" matter.
"We are not involved at all," Fossmark told Associated Press . "We had no anchors outside or did anything that will be confirmed today as part of the investigation." He emphasized that the ship's tracking data had no irregularities.
Hope for a continuation of the trip
Fossmark expressed the hope that the ship, which did not transport a load, could continue later a day. The damage to the data transmission cable, which runs from Ventenspils in Latvia to Gotland, was discovered on Sunday. Later on this day, Swedish prosecutors announced that they had opened a pre -investigation procedure for suspected sabotage and ordered another ship, the Maltese ship Vezhen , were suspected of having damaged the cable.
The Bulgarian owner of the vezhen admitted that it was possible that the ship accidentally damaged a cable, but rejected any possibility of sabotage or other misconduct of the crew.
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