Baltic Sea

Denmark to Beef Up Checks against Russia's 'Shadow Fleet'

Denmark will step up environmental checks on oil tankers in a key shipping lane linking the Baltic and North Seas to crack down on Russia's "shadow fleet," Copenhagen said on Monday. More than 60,000 ships sail past Skagen in northern Denmark each year, of which dozens are suspected to belong to a flotilla of rickety ships used by Moscow to ...

Finland to Host NATO Summit on Baltic Sea Security

Finland will next week host a summit of NATO countries bordering the Baltic Sea to discuss security in the region, as the alliance boosts its maritime presence following several subsea cable cuts. On Christmas Day, the Estlink 2 electricity cable and four telecom cables linking Finland and Estonia were damaged, just weeks after other Baltic Sea ...