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

[@justskip4595]

Greetings from Finland. All these 3 instances being coincidences is so unlikely that I'd prefer if Sweden and Denmark banned all ships from crossing through their waters that are coming or going to Russia.

[@Nils_Ki]

Don't forget to include Germany. Some of these ships could also go through the Kiel Canal.

I agree and I ashamed we have not closed the straits for them, Chineese and Russian boats. This is acts of war and well within what we can do then. And even if not, we need to act and stop being pussies.

[@notaseriousbeaver]

As a Swede I agree, but this has to be an EU and NATO effort. We need to provide a unified front, as a blockade could be seen as an act of war.

[@asafb1984]

A blocade is an act of war. ​@notaseriousbeaver

[@lacdirk]

Only block access to "dark fleet" vessels. There's nothing wrong with demanding ships to be insured, final beneficial owner being known and crew to have proper training. Especially in light of the "mistakes" and "accidents" that happened recently.

[@johncheresna]

As usual you are one of the first and most accurate sources of news. Thank you.

[@wgowshipping]

I appreciate that

[@stringlarson1247]

Special Anchor Defenestration Operation.

[@jonny-on-the-spot]

What anchor? "I have no idea what you are talking about". Thanks Sal. spot on as usual.

[@matthabir4837]

'Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.'

[@rauldelvillar374]

You're talking about the sinking of russian ships, right?

[@ljubomirculibrk4097]

Oh you mean fake cable damage reported to take control of ship in international free waters? Mising anker on a photo is evidence of what? Mising anker, nothing more

[@sexyshadowcat7]

@@rauldelvillar374 their ships were held together by knock off chinese bondo and duct tape

[@grahammonk8013]

@@rauldelvillar374 No, that's age and pathetic maintenance. Plus using unsuitable equipment because everything else wore out or got blown up.

[@AJK967]

@@rauldelvillar374… no, that is pure incompetence on behalf of Russian maritime operations officials for using a river-vessel in open water.

[@ricshrewsbury948]

You can see in the photo of the empty hawsepipe is polished as if the anchor was let go recently.

[@AdStellae-]

Here we go! I've been waiting 24 hours for this update, thank you Sal!

[@philippos5547]

Oops, we didn't notice that the anchor was missing....sorry...

[@amandacollyer645]

Found this channel 3 years ago; had no idea it was going to be an authoritative source for info on a couple of wars, the Jones Act and American infrastructure, and the global realignment👍

[@wgowshipping]

Thanks Amanda!

[@roderickcampbell2105]

Sal is a riot. He's knowledgeable, current, articulate and is a professor at "my" university 🙂

[@stringlarson1247]

Browny points? :)

[@ros8737]

Hybrid attacks don’t meet the criteria of ‘Innocent Passage’, access to the Danish Straits should be limited for any Russia affiliated vessel.

Exactly.

[@ljubomirculibrk4097]

Blocade, act of war

[@siralexis6590]

Well if the anchors wont stay up, nato has to figure out something else. This is not the only trick uve been doing to these countries lately, for example gps harrashing is constant. ​@@ljubomirculibrk4097

[@urbanwikstrom9246]

That would make Sweden and Denmark participants in the Ukraine war. And would probably have NATO to start the third World War. The Ukrainian war will probably end in march/april next year. Crimea will belong to Russia and maybe some parts of eastern Ukraine. Diplomacy will end this war. USA are more beneficient to have great connections with Russia as China is USAs no 1 enemy. This is just down to economics.

[@morgorth3242]

@@ljubomirculibrk4097 escort it

[@antlu65]

Let's not be naive. This is typical of the hybrid warfare operations conducted by China and Russia. The location of these recent incidents and the countries targeted are also indicative.

[@kellychamberlain2396]

I'm calling Bullshit on that statement. It's more like American Tactics. Don't forget the Nord stream pipeline destroyed by the U.S. after blaming Russia. I would stick to it being an accident as were the last two. Come on Sal stop speculating, you can do better.

[@1738Creations]

Like blowing up Nord Str... .oh that was the UK and USA who blamed it on Russia, even after they sent text messages to each other stating "it's done". How about blaming every electrion every US and EU country loses to patriots as Russian and Chinese interference. Trump won because of China, right? Romania elected a nationalist because of Russia interference, despite payment records showing the party in power paid for Twitter campaigns to keep them out of power... right? Or how ukraine are adament there are North Korean troops fighting alongside Russia despite have zero evidence, no prisoners, no videos, no pictures, months after the claim. You hate Russia and China. You are racist.

[@kellychamberlain2396]

That being said, I still enjoy your Channel Sal

[@robertlee9395]

I heard about this. Now I can get some facts. Thank you, Sal.

[@MADHIKER777]

Never a dull moment in shipping!

[@wgowshipping]

A lot of ship happening.

[@balaclavabob001]

Everyone knows why this happened . It's deplorable that action hasn't been taken against the country resposible . The little tsar needs reminding why he has to use underhanded tactics in the first place .

Yes

[@Davemte34108]

Well they made a serious mistake. The Finns will not write this off, as Sal said they will sell the cargo and the ship. My best friend was a Finnish soldier in WWII, later he was a tank commander in the US army. You didn't mention Russia around him. 😎

[@louissosa1535]

Everyone knows why this is happening. It is deplorable that action hasn't been taken against the country that is responsible for the Nor stream. That was the FIRST underhanded tactics.

[@davidpowellseattle]

It's big daddy Vlady.

[@balaclavabob001]

@@louissosa1535 Nice cope . You better hope that who ever did that doesn't decide to do something worse .

[@TheGlobalTravelr]

Inspector / Professor Sal….you are Amazing! Great in depth explanation.

[@wgowshipping]

I appreciate that.

[@akarhu]

According to the statements given to the press in Finnish, the sequence of events was so that the vessel was contacted via radio and apparently asked to stop, which it complied with. When Eagle S was accompanied by authorities, it was still dragging its anchor. When it was ordered to rise the anchor, only the chain came up, the anchor having been severed at some point. Vessel Turva then escorted the vessel to the position where it was anchored and remains as of now, and where it was eventually boarded by the police and border guard. Reportedly, the crew complied with the authorities all the time when told to move the vessel to where it ended up anchored. The boarding by two helicopters (one from the military and one from the border guard) occurred only about 12 hours after the Estlink 2 cable was severed, apparently when the ship was already at anchor, accompanied by Turva all the time. Crew are reported to be Indians and Georgians by nationalities.

[@wgowshipping]

Thank you

[@akarhu]

@@wgowshipping Thank you for great reporting and analysis - top content, as always! Cheers!

[@DR_1_1]

Did you even watch the video? There is no boat from the Finnish authority along the Eagle S, it stops and goes north to anchor alone.

[@SteamDieselEV]

As told by a Finnish colleague, “we have gone to war with Russia multiple times in the past 100+ years. Once we even started it because we knew war was coming regardless.” Finland values its independence, and keeps its country prepared to defend it. Adult males remain in the reserves until 50yo, or 60yo depending on rank.

[@robertcroft2591]

It's time again

[@cncshrops]

From anchor machinery to geo-politics analysis.. amazingly useful coverage. Thank you, Sal.

[@Archangelm127]

The new Axis Powers need to start Finding Out much more frequently and firmly. This is fantastic.

[@nbell5050]

Well if you start doing this. How many "Ally's" ships are even worth using for trade. They would not make it to port outside of their EEZ's. Even American ships might run into "Problems" going across the Pacific.

[@lacdirk]

@@nbell5050 How's that related to the sea traffic in the Baltic? Clearly, the ships going in the Baltic need to be properly insured, their final beneficial owner needs to be known and its crew needs to be fully certified. No one is going to see that as excessive after what happened. If that stops the entire black fleet from entering the Baltic sea, then that's an issue for the criminal syndicates operating the black fleet. Now try to make that argument about the Pacific ...

[@JuhaVeijalainen]

Thank you, again a very good analysis. My understanding is that the ship was in the Finnish economic zone and was somehow convinced to turn north to the Finnish territorial waters. After that the police and Border Guard SOF took control of the ship

[@benjaminplotke4716]

"The Fins and the Russians don't exactly get along". When I was six, I my older brother kept saying, "Do you know why fire trucks are red? Because books are read too, and two plus two is four, and four times three is twelve, and there twelve inches in a ruler, queen Mary was a ruler, Queen Mary was also a ship, ships sail the seas, the seas have fish, fish have fins, the Fins fought the Russians, and the Russians were always red." Later in high school history, I was all, ooooh, that's what that Fins fighting Russians was about

[@samirmadani4027]

Super informative as always, my pal Sal! Have a Happy New Year! Sam

[@wgowshipping]

Happy new year!

[@dmwm771]

This is a wonderful business idea. Collecting lost anchors and anchor chains in the Baltic Sea, cleaning them of fiberglass, copper and traces of plastic and then selling them used on eBay.

[@stringlarson1247]

Free shipping? (pun intended)

[@NothernNate]

Great Work Fins! 👊🏼

[@paulelder9488]

So, will the ship be sold off to compensate for the cost of the cable repair.?

[@wgowshipping]

It depends if it is arrested .

[@somethingsomethingsomethingdar]

Who would buy it though? "Would anyone like a slightly used cargo vessel....on sale but sold as is....fixer upper?

[@Metapharsical]

Can they donate proceeds from paper mask sales to compensate for economic/societal cost of the outbreak?

[@blaydCA]

​@@somethingsomethingsomethingdar The cargo is probably worth more than the ship. To break that ship up in an environmentally safe manner would exceed it's scrap value.

[@spugelo359]

@@somethingsomethingsomethingdar If there was no use for it why would anybody use it?

[@failing_gracefully]

You are so good at this Sal

[@buyerclub2]

I am as much a "land lubber" as I could be. But I love your channel and learn so much from it. Thanks for spending the time on it.

[@higgydufrane]

Thanks so much Sal, your videos always help me better understand what is going on with shipping.

[@capthanktx486]

Great video as always: just 2 comments 1: I have found my Finnish improves after 2 or 3 shots (not to be confused with chain shots) of Koskenkorva Salmiakki. 2. The Santa Clos, unlike UN treaties allows vessels with the biggest guns to stop other vessels wherever they want ! Happy New Year 🎉

[@lyfandeth]

Ian Fleming wrote some lines in Goldfinger: The first time is happenstance. The seond time may be co-incidence. But the third time, my dear Mister Bond, is very definitely enemy action."

[@alexandermonro6768]

I heard that the original quote is attributed to Al Capone, 1920s Chicago gangster.

[@RobertReg1]

Thanks, appreciate you bringing news, Sal.

[@christophmosimann9244]

Fantastic explanation of this complicated situation, thanks!

[@proudUSAInfidel-lt3pp]

Hey Sal, love your stuff. Even when I'm pressed for time I watch it at 2x speed to try to take it all in.

[@vevenaneathna]

good example of how an anchor will not stop you is that container ship who hit the bridge.

[@CorporalCookie]

I believe there was an interview with a Finnish police chief regarding this incident and he was asked if they had been in contact with the Russian authorities regarding the matter. "No, we haven't." Will you be in contact with them? "No, we won't."

[@ErikssonTord_2]

It is a weird world out there; it seems it was much better when I was part of it! Very retired, no more boats or ships, for me! Been a heliguard on semisubmersible oil platforms and worked as a firefighter on ferries (been a passenger on Tor Scandinavia when a Norwegian arsonist set it on fire and killed a pair celebrating their silver anniversary)! The first ship that came to our assistance was a Soviet tanker, and then came the West German Navy, in the form of a destroyer, that sent a firefighting unit onboard to help the crew, which had fought the fire for 12 hours by then. Within an hour the fire was quenched!

[@catsailor8621]

Someone mis-took Cable Cord Cutting too far!! 😱

[@carlagalois3191]

Dam Sal!! Great show. Learn so much from ya!

[@CatmintJelly]

Sounds like we have a new phenomenon on our hands, Sal! The Baltic Triangle! Where anchors go to disappear!

[@babagadoush1]

Great explanation, supporting material and context.

[@lyfandeth]

Sounds like those nations need to require ships to pay for "anchor watch pilots" to be stationed on board during the entire time of their passage.

[@kirkreusch5704]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

[@JoeMNPT]

Officer: “Sir, you’re missing one of your anchors. Would you like to come see for yourself?” Captain: [walks around to front of ship] Captain: “well waddayaknow! Had no idea!”

[@mikechristopherson6035]

Can the captain of the vessel be prosecuted?

[@wgowshipping]

Yes

[@todo9633]

He can, he likely won't be because of politics.

[@Ludde2452]

Crew is Georgian and Indian nationalities. Customs has sized the cargo of un-leded gasoline headed for Egypt.

[@callmethreeone]

This channel is becoming an addiction.

[@georgehinton250]

Thanks Sal for that in depth analysis, useful.

[@gbean229]

Its an act of war.

[@DR_1_1]

Like Nord Stream explosions?

[@kendexter]

Scratch my cable..to many cables damaged in such a short time so no coincidence

[@sagelikea6130]

And five Russian ships sinking in less than one month is?

[@alexandermonro6768]

​@@sagelikea6130 Normal for Russian maintenance standards and corruption.

[@rocksmo3384]

@sagelikea6130 Russia sent 50 year old riverboats to the open sea. Their sinking is no coincidence but negligence from Russias side.

[@kendexter]

@@sagelikea6130 yes, all rusty old carbon steel. last one did not even pass the security test in Nigeria.. I served in the coast guard in the 80`s at Barents sea grey zone, when we boarded RU trawlers you had to watch your steps for the rust holes, and often dead ru fishermen, the smell aboard, was like a scene from a horror movie. and a drunk captain, German,Spanish and Norwegian boats was clean like a 3 star Hotel . a lot of accidents and underpaid sailors in russia thx to the putin regime

[@RichPober]

Excellent reporting and insights. We are going to have to be aware of a new battle front of liminal warfare developing in Europe, that is spilling over from the Russian aggression against Ukraine, and will affect international trade.

[@d.e.7210]

Absolutely first class, informative video. Thank you 🙌 !

[@myamerica9194]

Thanks, great show.

[@BGraves]

What a great informative video with no fluff. Wonder if these states are going to start preventing black and gray flagged ships from entering their territorial Waters. That's like letting your neighbor with oil leaks on their car park on your side of the street.

[@_EmptyBox_]

I'm guessing they learnt from the ships that have kept their anchors after dragging them. The damage to the anchor is pretty unique depending on the type of cable they've damaged. The cable damages done over the last few years has made me think a lot about the face of modern warfare, as these cables are going to be targets for all types of attacks if open hostilities start, cutting vast swaths of the world off from one another.

[@merkvandermeulen3978]

I noticed the fresh looking blisters around the anchor whole. The only thing missing is the sparks and cloud of dust when they ditched the evidence.

[@jameshisself7375]

Thank you for the Caddyshack! Oh yeah, for the best news reporting too. 😆

[@tom_olofsson]

Thanks for the detail.

[@robjohnson8660]

Thanks Sal

[@DR_1_1]

The chart shown in the video shows the Russian ship stopping and anchoring by itself, well before it was escorted by any "Turva" or "Uisko"...

[@dougkratz5269]

Jake Broe sent me to this channel. I like it. You sir, do a great job. I'm going to subscribe

[@chrisrieger4140]

great episode

[@SteveBorne-fc4hw]

Thanks, great

[@vernonbernardino5781]

Intriguing!

[@MchaelHowell]

Asymmetrical warfare.

[@DR_1_1]

But not Nord Sttream?

[@markjolliff3668]

Thanks again Sal

[@ycplum7062]

Unmanned drones would be ideal to monitor marine traffic. They can patrol the sea lanes and observe vessels. If you want, they can shadow vessels to monitor if anchors are lowered.

[@FoxtrotYouniform]

Sal, I cant believe you're picking on those poor Russians. First they're victims of an anchor mugging, and now this slander. for shame, sir. 😉

[@wgowshipping]

😇🤣

[@jimshoe402]

USSR u mean !!!!!

[@blaydCA]

​@@jimshoe402 The USSR had more class and stealth than these debacles.

[@christianpaul5075]

Thank you for the clear and objective presentation of facts. Greetings from an irritated german🤨

[@BrianFullerton]

Sal, when did New New Polar Bear lose the stack? If it was after the drag, they could have been trying to dump a specific can prior to boarding and inspection. I have no idea if that was the timing. But the Lloyds article makes one think...

[@BrianFullerton]

Upon reflection, very unlikely for a number of reasons. But these are the things that one conjures immediately after the annual rescreening of the holiday classics: Die Hard and The Hunt for Red Oktober....

[@googacct]

What are the chances that Finland by itself or with the help of NATO decide to close off the Baltic to all Russian shipping? I know that would pretty much be a declaration of war, but you can't have the Russians cruising around cutting cables.

[@sails3538]

Or a R foe cutting pipelines

[@todo9633]

It wouldn't be a declaration of war, like Turkey closing the Black Sea to Russian military ships wasn't, but it should be done. China too. Letting this pass without a serious response will just convince Russia and China to keep doing it.

[@ughettapbacon]

That is an outstanding shirt.

[@stringlarson1247]

One of the projects I had recently was designing software to 'flag' anomalies in real-time from massive amounts of data collected from automobiles globally. Looking at the Lloyd's Itel site, I'm guessing they, or their raw data provider(s), have similar systems in place to trigger various alerts when any ship exhibits abnormal behaviors as well as 'tag' given vessels in order to apply extra scrutiny as need be. Interesting stuff.

[@teme82]

Both Uisko and Turva belongs to the Finnish Border Guard's maritime fleet. *EDIT Typo fiexed

[@Thecatalyst3181]

Bodyguard or Borderguard?

[@teme82]

Fixed

[@slappynixon]

The Caddyshack title screen is so funny.

[@tjroelsma]

Comrades Putin and Xi will swear to you that these were honest mistakes that happen all the time. One of their superbly trained and vastly superior mariners "accidentally" pulled the lever that lowered one of the anchors just before the ship crossed a cable. Hey, accidents happen right?

[@rcajavus8141]

so... what are you going to do about it? volounteer into army to defend profit based western capitalism? why are you here then?

[@waltsullivan8986]

"Never ascribe to malice that which can be explained by stupidity". Skipping maintenance because of skipped inspections because of irregular registration is easy. And stupid.

[@lyfandeth]

Funny thing how these cables all seem to be in the same area, connecting the same parts of the system.

[@gbphil]

International terrorism charges all around then? The crew, the company, the registry, the ports, etc. Sanctions commercially, crew transit restrictions and future shadowing / escorting of sister shipping. 😎😇

[@melissabruhn1429]

Thank you for segment with show notes and links Sal! Tankers, burying spillage on beach, cables and Azerbaijan plane as well as Christmas Day attacks.... 🤔

[@nerdusuztra]

The smell of false flag operations / false accusations in the Baltic Sea for a long time. That's one of several reasons why Finland and Sweden joined NATO in a hurry. Whole idea is to provoke hostility to the point where Russian shipping is practically blockaded? This is part of the overture to WWIII that is lighting up in all sorts of ways. Thanks for informative videos!

[@carlomottola3213]

Excellent.

[@StevenStyczinski-sy8cj]

The port side opening were the anchor is supposed to be has a nice and shiny spot were the anchor chain recently rubbed the rust off of. Or did they leave port with out an anchor and they just had a crewman go down there with a wire brush to polish up that spot?

[@reioXyhi]

The question remain: Why did Eagle S most likely drop the anchor before passing NordStream gas pipe lines.

[@matthewbeasley7765]

Any idea on the financial balance of the value of the ship plus cargo vs. the costs of repairing 3 cables?

[@pixelshark6809]

Taking the fight to the Finnish? LOL.

[@nonna_sof5889]

Come to think of it. I know on ships it's the weight of the anchor chain that keeps the ship in place, but on boats it's the anchor itself. At what size does this transition happen?

[@dustinandrews3223]

Maybe European nations should start doing something about this. NATO certainly isn’t going to.

[@RichardKut-j7m]

Does the "Convention of the High Seas" allow Hangin' from the Yard Arm?

[@cephalopodx7587]

I think the Russians might be angry over the Finnish refusal to rescue their staff from the Ursa Major. I had never heard of a ship refusing a distress call, but the Fins did. Must have had something important to do.

[@ageofatheism6638]

There is no way they expected to do this and not be noticed that it was them. How hard would it be to target a specific cable with an anchor? They were doing 8 knots when it supposedly hooked up ,is that the usual cruise speed in that area? More questions need to be answered.

[@dammitdan106]

Caddyshack reference, Judge Smails "oh Billy Billy Billy Baroo."

[@jacmlondon]

How would those Cook Islanders like it if someone severed their cables ? And who knew they are at war with the Finnish ?

[@JETFOURLITRE]

Act of War.

[@gus473]

🇫🇮 Sisu!

[@SYNtemp]

The ships should be insured against this. If they damage things on bottom, their insurer is going to pay. Ship without insurance are suspicious and will be closely monitored, in dangerous (to the bottom instalations) waters not allowed to go by any speed higher than crawl... Their insurer will make sure (in own interrest) that those things happen as seldom as possible... or their insurance skyrockets.

[@huna1950]

Seriously….I wonder if Tucker will say it was Zalensky

[@ReneHansen-vv4oe]

Respekt to you, again, from Denmark.

[@blauer2551]

Need a pic of this vessel before leaving port. As bad as it is it might have already been missing it’s anchor.

[@huna1950]

I’ve not watched this yet no doubt usual top notch vid But one thing I think with Russia not all but a large part is-because of the sanctions etc it’s obvious their ahem black budget could have gone up 10 fold or more likely 110 fold That’s a quantum leap in the industry of bent activity that I think will not fade any decade soon….an eventual potential peace deal will be good on one hand but you can imagine albeit thankfully obvious human loss largely reduced all the bent stuff again will continue

[@macmedic892]

‘Tis but a scratch!

[@paulsto6516]

Ni!