Repair of the damaged submarine cable linking Finland with Germany began on the Baltic Sea on Monday.
The repair vessel Cable Vigilance left Calais, France, on November 21 and it arrived at the fault site early on Monday morning November 25 and started the cable repair estimated to be completed by the end of November.
The location of the cable cut is in the Baltic Sea, in the Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone, east of the southern tip of Öland, about 700 km from Helsinki, according to Cinia, a Finnish expert in cybersecurity of digital operating environments and a specialist in critical, high-reliability connections and software.
Investigations at the scene where the C-Lion-1 sea cable between Finland and Germany was ruptured are ongoing. The Border Guard’s patrol vessel Turva is still at the scene to continue underwater investigations in the Baltic Sea, according to the police of Finland.
C-Lion1 is a submarine telecommunications cable between Finland and Germany with a length of 1173 km.
The submarine cable was launched in 2016 and connects Central European telecommunications networks to Finland and other Nordic countries.
Finnish police said on Monday that the National Bureau of Investigation investigates the C-Lion-1 sea cable between Finland and Germany which was ruptured on Monday November 18.
The Border Guard’s patrol vessel Turva has provided assistance to the police in investigating the scene of the incident. Different samples have been collected from the scene.
“The underwater crime scene investigation in the area is conducted with the actions taken by Turva. The Border Guard’s maritime support operation to assist the National Bureau of Investigation is expected to end early this week in spite of the difficult weather conditions in the area”, said commander Mikko Hirvi of the Gulf of Finland Coast Guard District.
Staff from the National Bureau of Investigation are present at the scene to collect information about the results of the crime scene investigation.
“The National Bureau of Investigation is aware of the ships that were in the area at the time the sea cable was ruptured. We are also aware of the Chinese vessel that has been mentioned in the media and it is naturally of interest to the authorities. At this point, however, we have no further comments to make,” noted tactical leader, detective superintendent Risto Lohi of the National Bureau of Investigation.
