芬兰交通部完成了对油轮Eagle S的港口国检查，该油轮涉嫌在圣诞节当天使用锚损坏5条波罗的海电缆。

该机构在发现严重缺陷后扣留了这艘船，并阻止其离开，直到问题得到纠正。

该油轮于12月25日和26日被芬兰警方扣留，随后被转移至锚地进行调查。

在持续了一周的检查中，Traficom发现了32个缺陷，这些缺陷与早些时候有关该船状况不佳的报告一致。去年的检查发现了数十个问题，根据劳埃德船级社的名单，油轮最近两次港口国控制检查发现了大约30多个问题。

Traficom表示，由于与消防安全、泵房通风、导航设备、电气安全和一般维护有关的严重问题，它已经扣留了这艘油轮。

芬兰海事局局长桑娜·索尼宁（Sanna Sonninen）表示，在问题得到解决之前，它不能被允许航行，这需要大量的维修和时间。

芬兰警方已经找到了强有力的证据，表明油轮破坏了电缆。它的AIS轨迹与电缆中断的时间和地点一致，当当局登船时，它也失去了一个锚。

这个严重受损的锚随后被从海底打捞上来，在靠近一条50英里长的轨道的尽头。潜水检查还发现，船身靠近船头的地方有几块油漆缺失，这可能是最近接触锚链的迹象。

海上安全专家表示，电缆的损坏不太可能是意外，并将他们的怀疑转向了俄罗斯，因为这艘油轮是“黑暗”油轮船队的一部分，是15个月来第三艘涉嫌在往返俄罗斯港口时损坏海底电缆的船只。

此外，一年多来，欧洲反情报机构一直在处理俄罗斯支持的欧盟各地的纵火和破坏行动。

芬兰安全部门因迅速采取行动扣留油轮而受到赞扬。与前两起此类事件不同，这一次，这艘可疑船只在离开前被扣押，尽管它正在国际水域作业。

芬兰当局表示，这艘油轮的船员在接到请求后改变了前往芬兰航向。在此期间，芬兰武装部队和警察部队进行了登船行动。

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英文原文

The transport ministry of Finland completed the port state inspection of the tanker Eagle S which is suspected of damaging 5 Baltic Sea cables using its anchor on the day of Christmas.



The agency detained the ship after finding severe deficiencies and prevented it from leaving until the issues were rectified.



The tanker was detained by Finnish Police on December 25 and 26, was taken into custody and moved to anchorage for investigation purposes.



In the inspection which continued for a week, Traficom revealed 32 deficiencies that aligned with earlier reports regarding the ship’s poor condition.  An examination last year had found dozens of problems and per Lloyd’s List, the tanker’s last 2 port state control inspections identified around 3 dozen more.



Traficom stated that it has detained the tanker for serious issues related to fire safety, ventilation of the pump room, navigation equipment, electrical safety and general maintenance.



It has such issues that it cannot be allowed to sail until the problems are fixed which would require extensive repairs and take time, said Sanna Sonninen, Finland’s Director of Maritime Affairs.



Finnish police have found strong evidence which indicates that the tanker broke the cables.  Its AIS track lined up with the time and place of the cable outages and it was also missing an anchor when authorities boarded it.



The heavily damaged anchor was then recovered from the seabed, close to the end of a 50-mile-long track.  A dive inspection also revealed that its hull had patches of missing paint close to the bow, a possible sign of recent anchor chain contact.



Maritime Security Experts suggest it is unlikely that the damage to cables was an accident and turned their suspicions to Russia since the tanker is a part of the Dark fleet of tankers and was the third ship in 15 months, suspected of damaging a subsea cable while headed to or from a Russian port.



Also, European counterintelligence agencies have been dealing with Russian-backed arson and sabotage operations across the European Union for over a year.



Finnish security services garnered praise for their swift action in detaining the tanker.  Unlike the last two such incidents, this time, the suspected ship was seized before it could leave, though it was operating in international waters.



Authorities in Finland said that the crew of the tanker changed their course towards Finland when requested during which a boarding operation by Finnish armed forces and police team was carried out.

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