⚓️ Update on the #FITBURG anchor-dragging case:
- the imprisoned Azerbaijani crew member is the ship’s boatswain
- the captain is among the 3 crew who are under a travel ban
- a request to lift the travel ban was denied by the court

🔗YLE (🇫🇮)
yle.fi/a/74-20203971

Finland laat schip dat van Russische sabotage wordt verdacht weer vertrekken De Finse politie heeft een vrachtschip met een Russische link maandag weer laten vertrekken. Het schip werd eind december vastgehouden op verdenking van sabotage van onderzeese kabels. Er loopt nog we...

De Finse politie heeft een vrachtschip met een Russische link maandag weer laten vertrekken. Het schip werd eind december vastgehouden op verdenking van sabotage van onderzeese kabels. Er loopt nog wel een onderzoek. #Fitburg www.nu.nl/buitenland/6...

Finland releases ship suspected of Baltic cable damage, orders some crew to remain Finnish and Estonian authorities suspect the Fitburg was involved in deliberately damaging an underwater cable in the Baltic Sea on New Year's Eve.

⚓️ 🇫🇮Finland releases cable breach suspect 🚢 #FITBURG after all investigations on board are completed, but keeps 1 crew member under detention, while 3 more remain under travel ban.

“The reasons for the suspect to be further detained were also upgraded from reasonable suspicion to probable cause.”

Finland releases ship suspected of Baltic cable damage, orders some crew to remain Finnish and Estonian authorities suspect the Fitburg was involved in deliberately damaging an underwater cable in the Baltic Sea on New Year's Eve.

"Last week, Finnish police applied to remand one crew member in custody, which the court granted on Sunday, while three others have been placed under a travel ban.

The reasons for the suspect to be further detained were also upgraded from reasonable suspicion to probable cause."
#Fitburg

Finland laat vrachtschip Fitburg vertrekken na beschadiging zeekabel HELSINKI - De Finse autoriteiten laten het vrachtschip Fitburg vertrekken. Dat vaartuig was op verdenking van sabotage aan de ketting gelegd nadat een kabel op de zeebodem was beschadigd. Er zit nog e...

Finland laat vrachtschip Fitburg vertrekken na beschadiging zeekabel

www.transport-online.nl/113542/finla... #Finland #Fitburg #kabel #sabotage #vrachtschip #zeebodem

#Fitburg crew member remains in custody – court strengthens grounds
Three other crew members are under travel ban.

yle.fi/a/74-20203570

#Fitburg leaving #FI #Finland

Helicopter taking a round above

@auonsson.bsky.social
@corporalfrisk.com
@pa.nton.cx

Fitburg-aluksen miehistön jäsen pysyy vangittuna – oikeus kovensi perustetta Kolme muuta miehistön jäsentä ovat matkustuskiellossa.

Ankkurittaako?

"Poliisi tutkii Fitburgin tapausta rikosnimikkeillä epäilty törkeä vahingonteko, epäilty törkeän vahingonteon yritys ja epäilty törkeä tietoliikenteen häirintä."

#kaapelivaurio #Fitburg

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NBI seizes Fitburg vessel Investigators are probing whether the cable damage was intentional.

"Finland's National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has seized the #Fitburg to secure its preliminary investigation."

#Fitburg with 10 deficiencies at #FI #Finland #PSC #PortStateControl

None of them severe enough for detention though

⚓️ The cargo ship #FITBURG has now been seized by Finnish police after customs has concluded its investigation. -YLE

🇫🇮 yle.fi/a/74-20202970

Customs: Fitburg vessel did not violate sanctions Two Finnish state authorities have concluded that there is no reason to detain the vessel suspected in the New Year's cable incident.

"Meanwhile, Finnish Customs has concluded its own probe. While the steel cargo aboard the #Fitburg falls under Russian #sanctions, Customs will not pursue a criminal investigation."

Why Did Finland Detain the Cargo Ship Fitburg After the Helsinki–Tallinn Undersea Cable Was Damaged? Finland detained the cargo ship Fitburg because investigators suspect it damaged the Helsinki–Tallinn undersea data cable by dragging its anchor. Finnish Border Guard units intercepted the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines flagged vessel in Finland’s exclusive economic zone, seized it, and detained all 14 crew while police opened a case for aggravated criminal damage and aggravated interference with telecommunications. The suspected cable damage, reported by telecom operator Elisa, is located in Estonia’s exclusive economic zone.

Investigators think a dragged anchor tore the Helsinki–Tallinn data link, so Finland detained the cargo ship Fitburg. Here’s what the probe shows—and what it means for seafloor cables. What would you ask the investigators? #BalticSea #Finland #Fitburg #HelsinkiTallinn #UnderseaCable

Fitburg-miehistön jäsentä esitetään vangittavaksi Poliisi esittää Fitburg-rahtialuksen miehistön jäsentä vangittavaksi.

⚓️ After initual questioning, Finnish police have made one arrest among the crew of the detained cargo vessel #FITBURG , which is under suspicion of dragging its anchor over subsea cables. The arrested person is an Azerbaijani national. At least one Russian crew member has received a travel ban.

Suomen viranomaiset ottivat yhteisoperaatiossa haltuun #Fitburg -nimisen aluksen, jonka epäillään toiminnallaan aiheuttaneen kaapelin vaurioitumisen Helsingin ja Tallinnan välillä 31.12.2025
www.instagram.com/reel/DTDELBk...

#Turva ( #FI #Finland) and #KindralKurvits ( #EE #Estonia) both with #AIS on now

#GulfOfFinland
#Subsea #Cable

#Fitburg

Finnish police arrest 2 over undersea cable damage – DW – 01/02/2026 They were part of the crew aboard a cargo vessel suspected of severing a telecom cable linking Finland and Estonia.

"Finnish authorities have arrested two people as they continue to investigate damage to an undersea telecommunications cable in the Gulf of #Finland.
The two were part of the crew aboard the cargo vessel, #Fitburg"
p.dw.com/p/56F1W?at_m...

CAPT (Ret.) Jukka Savolainen of the Hybrid CoE in Helsinki was also interviewed in the same piece. He is a former Coast Guard commander.

Savolainen fears: If the #FITBURG incident is a Russian hybrid operation, then it may be a kind of trap.

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Tiedustelun asiantuntija vuodenvaihteen kaapelirikosta: Varoitin ennen juhlapyhiä, että Venäjä voi tehdä näin Ylen haastattelemat asiantuntijat sanovat, että kaapelirikon viranomaistutkinta ei välttämättä saa koskaan selvitettyä tapahtuman todellista taustaa.

⚡️Interview with 🇫🇮intelligence studies professor Kari Liuhto on the #FITBURG ⚓️-dragging case: He says he warned 🇫🇮 authorities beforehand of a likely incident of this type, as „it is a Russian custom to send messages to the West around the turn of the year,“ like EagleS did on Christmas Day 2024.

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Original post on gcaptain.com

Baltic Shadow Games: Finland Detains Cargo Ship in Suspected Hybrid Attack Finnish commandos seize cargo ship Fitburg after suspected sabotage of Baltic data cable — then uncover a hidden cargo...

#News #Shipping #baltic #sea #sabotage #finland #Fitburg #cable […]

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Zoomed in photo of the Fitburg deck side by side with an archive photo of U-96. Both have the same "lachende Sägefisch" symbol.

Curious. Press photos reveal that the #Fitburg has the same Sägefisch emblem painted on the side of its deck that the Nazi 9th fleet subs, including the U-96 on which "Das Boot" was based on used as their symbol. Why does a ship carrying cargo between russia and […]

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Erikoinen yksityiskohta Fitburg-aluksessa – viittaus natsi-Saksaan Suomen viranomaisten haltuun ottamaan Fitburg-alukseen maalattu symboli muistuttaa läheisesti toisen maailmansodan aikaisen U-96-sukellusveneen tunnusta.

Mediakin heräsi...

#Fitburg #merikaapeli

⚓️ The 🇫🇮Finnish tabloid Ilta-Sanomat has an article on the #U-96 (‚Das Boot’) symbol painted on the hull of cable-✂️cutting cargo ship #FITBURG. Previously this was spotted on 🦋 by @kalervohintsanen.bsky.social at:
bsky.app/profile/kale...

🔗 Ilta-Sanomat-Article (in 🇫🇮):
www.is.fi/kotimaa/art-...

On December 31, the Finnish-Estonian submarine telecommunications cable was damaged. Finnish authorities have detained russian ship #Fitburg, which had dropped anchor near the rupture site while carrying a sanctioned steel cargo.
Russia's hybrid war against Europe continues.

#Fitburg is a regular visitor to #Russia ports but as shown on maps from #GlobalFishingWatch not only #Russia trade.

During #PSC #PortStateControl in #FR #France 22.04.2025 charterer listed as #CHS #CHSINC #US #USA

#Class #BureauVeritas #BV #IACS
#Insurance #WestOfEnglandShipOwners

#Fitburg IMO 9250397 #IMO9250397 suspected of #subsea cable damage

Management #Albros #ALBROSSHIPPING&TRADINGCO #ALBROSSHIPPING&TRADING #Turkey

Last #PSC #PortStateControl in #Turkey on 11.09.2025

Change of #Flag from #SaintKitts&Nevis to #SaintVincent&theGrenadines in August 2025