US EditionChina admits container ship Newnew Polar Bear damaged undersea gas pipeline
- China has admitted that the container ship Newnew Polar Bear damaged the Balticconnector, an undersea gas pipeline, claiming it was an accident during October 2023.
- The incident happened in the Finnish Exclusive Economic Zone when the ship's anchor damaged the pipeline on October 8.
- Finland's National Bureau of Investigation confirmed paint on the anchor matched that of the Balticconnector, indicating it belonged to the Newnew Polar Bear.
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China Admits Its Ship Damaged Baltic Natural Gas Pipeline by Accident
A Hong Kong-flagged container ship owned by a China mainland firm damaged a natural gas pipeline between Estonia and Finland in the Baltic Sea last autumn, but it was all by accident, Chinese authorities have told the two EU member states, according to sources cited by South China Morning Post. In October 2023, the Balticconnector pipeline between Estonia and Finland in the Baltic Sea was damaged. Initial investigations zoomed in on suspected sa…
Chinese authorities have acknowledged that the Balticconector underwater gas pipeline between Estonia and Finland has damaged a ship from their country...
According to the Chinese authorities, the pipe damage caused by the Newnew Polar Bear was a damage caused by a strong storm.
China admits container ship Newnew Polar Bear damaged undersea gas pipeline
Claiming it was an accident, Beijing has admitted that the Chinese-owned and Hong Kong-flagged container ship Newnew Polar Bear damaged the Balticconnector, an undersea gas pipeline between Estonia and Finland, last October.
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