Finnish police continue investigation of tanker Eagle S.
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Finland\u2019s National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and other authorities are continuing investigations of a Cook Islands registered tanker, the Eagle S<\/em>. Widely identified in media reports as having links to Russia\u2019s shadow fleet,<\/a> the tanker was detained soon after investigations began into the December 25 rupture of the Estlink 2 power transmission cable in the Gulf of Finland.<\/p>\n The Eagle S <\/em>was escorted, Saturday, December 28, with the assistance of the Border Guard, to the inner anchorage Svartb\u00e4ck in the vicinity of the gulf of Sk\u00f6ldvik.<\/p>\n The Finnish Police says that on-board operations on the Eagle S<\/em> tanker have continued. However, the poor weather conditions at the anchorage today have hindered the operations. Technical investigations are continuing on board, and currently the focus is on the questioning of the crew.<\/p>\n The bad weather has also been challenging for the patrol vessel Turva <\/em>and the underwater operations carried out by the NBI investigators. The underwater operations had to be discontinued yesterday.<\/p>\n \u201cWith the underwater operations, we have been able to identify the dragging track at the seabed from the beginning to the end. The track is dozens of kilometers in length. For the time being, the possible location where the anchor came off has not been established,\u201d said Detective Chief Inspector Sami Paila of NBI.<\/p>\n The Eagle <\/em>S is registered under complex corporate structures that obscure its beneficial ownership. According to Lloyd\u2019s List, \u201cthe registered owner is Caravella LLC FZ, a single-ship entity purportedly, based in a business center within a luxury hotel in Dubai. The vessel is managed by Peninsular Maritime India Private Limited, a Mumbai-based company.\u201d<\/p>\n According to a Finnish press repor<\/a>t, a lawsuit filed in Helsinki Monday by maritime lawyer Herman Ljungberg on behalf of Caravella and the ship\u2019s crew challenged the legality of the continued detention of the vessel and crew .<\/p>\n The post Finnish police continue investigation of tanker Eagle S.<\/a> appeared first on Marine Log<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n