Finland to Complete Safety Inspection on Detained Tanker

  • Eagle S tanker damaged power link, data cables on Dec. 25
  • Court has ruled that Finland can keep the vessel detained
Oil tanker Eagle S outside the Porkkalanniemi, Kirkkonummi, on the Gulf of Finland.Photographer: Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva/AFP/Getty Images
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Finland recovered the anchor of Eagle S, the tanker that’s detained after damaging undersea cables in the Baltic Sea last month, from the seabed.

The anchor was raised to the surface on Monday and taken for forensic analysis, the National Bureau of Investigation said in a statement on Tuesday.