While the media space has focused on the Russian oil tanker SGV Float spotted near the Balticconnector natural gas pipeline when it was damaged, data from the website Marine Traffic shows that the Chinese container ship Newnew Polar Bear was much closer to the pipeline’s location approx. at the same time, reports the Estonian media Postimees.
Information available to the Estonian daily Postimees suggests that the fact that a ship flying the Hong Kong flag but belonging to China was near the Balticconnector pipeline at the time when seismic activity was recorded in the area is the reason why the Estonian authorities not to rush with specific suspicions and statements. The information is so politically and diplomatically sensitive that they want to make sure first.
Estonia has not approached China for comment at the diplomatic level, as it has nothing to ask without official suspicions.
The container ship Newnew Polar Bear was returning from Shanghai with a stop in Kaliningrad en route to St. Petersburg, where it arrived on the evening of October 8. After the ship maintained a constant speed of 11 knots for some time, it began to slow down as it approached the Balticconnector location – around 1:19 am Estonian time – to 9.5 knots before returning to normal speed of just over 11 knots at about 1:24 am. The ship slowed just as it crossed the pipeline.
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2023-10-17 15:01:00
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