The Eagle S – a tanker ship carrying Russian oil and suspected of severing the Estlink 2 power cable running under the Baltic Sea between Finlan

Russian-Linked Oil Tanker Suspected Of Sabotage Was Brimming With Spy Equipment: Report

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2024-12-27 22:00:02

The Eagle S – a tanker ship carrying Russian oil and suspected of severing the Estlink 2 power cable running under the Baltic Sea between Finland and Estonia – was reportedly brimming with spy equipment. The cable incident is the latest in a series of such events in this strategically important region as tensions with Russia have mounted in the wake of its war on Ukraine.

After being seized by Finnish Police, the Eagle S was found to be “kitted out with special transmitting and receiving devices that were used to monitor naval activity, according to a source with direct involvement in the ship,” Lloyds List reported. That equipment “effectively allowed it to become a ‘spy ship’ for Russia.”

“The hi-tech equipment on board was abnormal for a merchant ship and consumed more power from the ship’s generator, leading to repeated blackouts, a source familiar with the vessel who provided commercial maritime services to it as recently as seven months ago,” the publication noted.

The “listening and recording equipment was brought on to the 20-year-old tanker via ‘huge portable suitcases’ along with ‘many laptops’ that had keyboards for Turkish and Russian languages when calling at Türkiye and Russia,” Lloyd’s List reported. “The equipment was kept on the bridge or in the ‘monkey island,’ the uppermost portion of the ship.”