Baltic Cable Zone
Gotland · Baltic Sea
Why it matters: Repeated subsea cable and pipeline damage linked to loitering, AIS-dark vessels.
Local map · live AIS
Fused signal timeline · 21 days
No dated open-source events in the last 21 days for this box.
Assessment
Baltic Cable Zone is showing a watch-level posture above its baseline; open-source coverage is holding steady. Latest reporting (2026-02-13): “Seabed zero: Baltic sabotage and the global risks to undersea infrastructure” — thebulletin.org. A live AIS snapshot saw 25 vessels in the box (17 under way, 8 stationary). Metocean: 11.7 kt wind, 0.48 m seas — transit favourable.
What changed
- ›Most recent reporting dated 2026-02-13.
- ›Live AIS: 25 vessels now in box, 8 stationary/slow.
- ›Conditions: 11.7 kt / Bft 4, seas calm-smooth — favourable for transit.
Live AIS snapshot
90s window| Vessel | SOG | Position |
|---|---|---|
| GOTLAND | 22.6kt | 57.5788, 17.9015 |
| FINNSTAR | 22.2kt | 57.778, 20.2367 |
| FINNTIDE | 19.4kt | 57.1309, 19.9115 |
| BALTICBORG | 16kt | 57.6069, 17.7417 |
| ECO SORCERER | 14.5kt | 57.4015, 19.3484 |
| ALREK | 13.5kt | 58.5549, 17.822 |
Live positions via AISStream.io at build time. Cross-run gap/dark-ship detection is the next iteration.
Metocean conditions
Open-Meteo, box centroid, at build time.
Dated open-source reporting
- 2026-02-13Seabed zero: Baltic sabotage and the global risks to undersea infrastructure
Western economies have become dependent on data and energy flow along the seafloor; Russia and China are weaponizing that dependency.
thebulletin.org · jina
- 2026-01-04Timeline Of Suspected Underwater Sabotage In Baltic Sea
Jan 2 (Reuters) – The Baltic Sea region is on high alert after a string of power cable, telecom link and gas pipeline outages since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, and the NATO military alliance has boosted its...
gcaptain.com · jina
- 2025-12-31Finland seizes ship sailing from Russia after suspected cable sabotage in Baltic Sea
Finnish police on Wednesday seized a ship sailing from Russia on suspicion of sabotaging an undersea telecoms cable running from Helsinki to Estonia across the Gulf of Finland, an area hit by a string of similar incidents in recent years.
reuters.com · jina
- 2025-11-26How the Baltic Sea nations have tackled suspicious cable cuts
Two places in the world's oceans see a lot of suspicious maritime behavior: the Baltic Sea, and the waters around Taiwan. Elisabeth Braw reports from the NATO task force charged with protecting the undersea cables and pipelines essential to daily life in Europe, with lessons for
atlanticcouncil.org · jina
- 2025-08-12Finland Charges Russian-Linked Ship Officers Over Baltic Sea Cable Sabotage
Finland has formally charged senior crew members of Eagle S oil tanker suspected of sabotage of Estlink 2 subsea cables between Finland and Estonia in 2024.
submarinenetworks.com · jina
- 2025-08-11Finland's major show of force against Putin after Baltic Sea cable sabotage
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youtube.com · jina
- —2024 Baltic Sea submarine cable disruptions
en.wikipedia.org · jina
Updated 10 Jul 2026, 20:15 UTC · narrator: rule-based · bbox [17.3, 56.3, 20.7, 58.6]