Bulker Suspected of Subsea Cable Damage Has a Broken Anchor

For the fourth time in little more than a year, a ship calling in Russia has been accused of dragging an anchor under power and cutting a subsea cable in the Baltic. For the fourth time in a row, the vessel in question has a visibly damaged port anchor.

The bulker in Sunday’s incident, the Vezhen, was seized by Sweden on Sunday on suspicion of aggravated sabotage after a cable outage between Gotland and Latvia. Sweden’s coast guard quickly intercepted the vessel as soon as the cable breach was identified. The crew opted to divert out of the lega…