Tanker Eagle S Seized by Finland for Severing Cables Between Finland & Estonia | Is it a Spy Ship?

You Scratched My Cable December 27, 2024 In this episode, Sal Mercogliano—a maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner — discusses the seizure of the Cook Island-flagged tanker Eagle S by Finland for using its anchor to sever power and submarine cables between Finland and Estonia in the Baltic Sea and the discovery of monitoring equipment on board. #supplychain #cablecutting #Russia #Baltic #Finland #grayzonewarfare #Estonia Support What's Going on With Shipping via: Patreon: www.patreon.com/wgowshipping Twitter: @mercoglianos Bluesky: @mercoglianos.bsky.social Facebook: @wgowshipping Email: [email protected] Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0B9AHrs... 00:00 The Missing Anchor 02:33 Breakdown of Event 14:55 Was Eagle S Spying on NATO? 15:54 Previous Anchor Drags 17:58 Is this Gray Zone Warfare? 18:55 International Laws 20:25 Dark/Parallel Fleet 27:17 Conclusion/Analysis NATO to Boost Baltic Sea Presence After Power, Internet Cable Damage https://gcaptain.com/nato-to-boost-ba... Russia-linked cable-cutting tanker seized by Finland ‘was loaded with spying equipment’ https://www.lloydslist.com/LL1151955/... Finland Says Damaged Pipeline Caused by Ship’s Dragged Anchor https://gcaptain.com/finland-says-dam... Swedish Police Allowed to Board Chinese Ship ‘Yi Peng 3’ in Cable Breach Case https://gcaptain.com/swedish-police-a... Russia Says Terrorist Attack Sunk Cargo Ship ‘Ursa Major’ https://gcaptain.com/russia-says-terr... Submarine Cables - International Framework https://www.noaa.gov/general-counsel/... Marine Traffic marinetraffic.com Equasis equasis.org