Norway Seizes 2 Ships Over Baltic Sea Cable Breakages

The Silver Dania cargo ship was sailing under the Norwegian flag but has an all-Russian crew and was snared by police in Tromso at the request of Latvia.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte speaks a press conference at the summit of the Baltic Sea NATO countries, at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, on Jan. 14, 2025. Lehtikuva/Antti Aimo-Koivisto via Reuters

Police in Norway seized and boarded a Norwegian ship with an all-Russian crew on suspicion of involvement in causing damage to a telecoms cable under the Baltic Sea on Friday.

The Silver Dania cargo ship was grabbed at the request of Latvia and with the assistance of the Norwegian coast guard, police in the city of Tromso said.