The foreign ministers of Finland and Germany said in a joint statement Monday that a cable connecting the two countries had been cut and that the incidents had raised suspicion of possible sabotage. "A thorough investigation is underway. Our European security is not only under threat from Russia...
Taiwan’s coast guard detained a cargo ship and its Chinese crew on Tuesday and said it was investigating whether the vessel had deliberately cut an undersea internet cable, in the latest possible damage to the island’s communication lines. The Togo-flagged vessel suspected...
Taiwan’s coast guard detained a cargo ship and its Chinese crew on Tuesday and said it was investigating whether the vessel had deliberately cut an undersea internet cable, in the latest possible damage to the island’s communication lines. The Togo-flagged vessel suspected of damaging the cab...
The present invention discloses a deep-sea salvage cut undersea cable unit of mechanical, hydraulic, automatic control and other fields, including the cutting mechanism is mounted on the device frame, gripping mechanism, electronic cabin, hydraulic systems and two auxiliary connection cable cable tray...
Undersea cable repair requires specialized crews and can cost several million dollars. While its lines were cut, the Matsu archipelago—home to about 10,000 people and only a few miles from the Chinese mainland—relied on a patchy mountain-based microwave backup system until repairs in late March...
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's coast guard said it detained a China-linked cargo ship on Tuesday after a nearby undersea cable to the Penghu Islands in the sensitive Taiwan Strait was disconnected. Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory, has repeatedly complained about ...
A Finnish official said there is a track on the ocean floor dozens of kilometres in length, and that the ship’s anchor is what severed the Estlink 2 power cable between Finland and Estonia. The loss of power from that cable leaves 658 megawatts of power unavailable to Est...
Additionally, we are working with the cable consortiums and partners to enhance interconnection along both the west and east coasts, with further interconnections between WACS and Equiano, and the introduction of the end-to-end connection between WACS on the west coast and EASSy...
Have there been instances when something has happened to an underwater cable and caused a major disruption? Yes. In 2022 in Tonga, for example, there was a volcanic eruption that severed the only subsea cable and cut off the country from communication. The plume also prohibited satellite commu...
TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan's coast guard has said that it suspects a ship damaged an undersea communications cable over the weekend, but that bad weather prevented its personnel from boarding the vessel to investigate. The coast guard had said on Saturday that a ship reg...