China Ship is Focus of Pipeline Damage Probe, Finland Says
alliance to ramp up patrols in the Baltic Sea.Russia's Rosatom said the Sevmorput had no link to any of the pipeline damage."We categorically reject as groundless any suggestions that a Rosatom-operated ship may have been in any way connected to the Balticconnector pipeline incident in the Gulf of Finland on October 8," Rosatom said in a statement to Reuters."It passed through the Gulf of Finland, an area of intense maritime traffic, without stopping or slowing down, maintaining an average speed of 14.5 knots. The crew did not observe or record anything unusual, suspicious, or otherwise
Major Gas Supplier Norway Closely Monitoring Baltic Sea Pipe Burst Probe
Norway, Europe's largest gas supplier, is closely monitoring the progress of a probe into unexplained damage on a Baltic Sea gas pipeline, having already stepped up security at its energy installations after the Nord Stream blasts last year.Sunday's incident in the Gulf of Finland, when a pipeline and a data cable were damaged due to "outside activity" according to Finnish authorities, has stoked concerns about the security of energy supply in the wider Nordic region.Norway exported more than 120 billion cubic meters of gas in 2022 to the European Union and Britain, mainly via a
Operators to Inspect Finland-Estonia Gas Pipeline for Possible Leak
and Estonian partner Elering on Monday were preparing to survey the seabed structure to identify the exact location and cause of the outage but a conclusion could still be days away, a spokesperson for the Finnish company said.The pipeline between Inkoo in Finland and Paldiski in Estonia crosses the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea that stretches eastwards into Russian waters and ends at the port of St Petersburg.In 2022, the larger Nord Stream gas pipelines which cross the Baltic Sea between Russia and Germany were damaged by explosions that authorities have said were deliberate acts of sabotage
Applied Acoustics Supplies 500th USBL System
Applied Acoustics said it has reached a company milestone with its latest contract to supply subsea positioning equipment to a major European subsea pipeline contractor. Contractors working in the Gulf of Finland in the eastern Baltic Sea have selected Applied Acoustics’ Nexus 2 USBL system to carry out sidescan sonar surveys in advance of engineering works as well as for use in marine archaeological operations. The award of this contract marks the 500th USBL system that the Great Yarmouth, U.K. based manufacturer has supplied to the marine industry. According to the manufacturer
Arctic Energy Exploration Efforts Heat Up
has been proven to save up to 50% of energy and fuel.” “It has been operating for 10 years in the Baltic Sea and has never needed any icebreaker assistance” said Niini. “Our crude oil fleet was designed for independent operation in ice conditions encountered in Gulf of Finland, mainly between our two refineries in Porvoo and Naantali and Primorsk Oil Terminal in Russia. In practice these vessels are as pipeline extension from Russia to our refineries in Finland,” said Captain Ari Inkinen, fleet manager for Neste Oil Corporation in Espoo, Finland. “Our
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