The Danes got in touch with a Chinese vessel, which is suspected of being connected to the cable breaches in the Baltic Sea.
Danish newspaper by Jylland Posten the reporter and cameraman have been on a boat exploring the Kattegat sea area between Denmark and Sweden.
The captain transporting them to the platform radioed the stationary Chinese vessel Yi Peng 3.
The Chinese ship, which has been in place since Tuesday evening, has been connected to the damage to communication cables that occurred in the Baltic Sea from the beginning of the week.
Danish military ships have also been monitoring Yi Peng’s movements.
Yi Peng 3 is a 225-meter cargo ship that entered the Gulf of Finland from the port of Port Said in Egypt. It seems to have stopped in Russia at a port in the Laukaansuu area earlier in November.
According to Jyllands Posten, Yi Peng 3 is anchored at sea about 40 kilometers from the Danish port of Grena. A Danish navy patrol vessel called Rota is also anchored near it.
The reason for the stoppage is not technical problems
The reporter and cameraman first approached the navy’s Rota ship and got in touch with it via radio. The man who answered the contact was unwilling to speak to the Danish journalist.
Contact with the crew of the Chinese ship was also possible by radio call. The captain who carried Jyllands Posten’s reporter and photographer Lars Bo Nielsen asked the man who answered the call how long the ship was going to be anchored at that location.
The man who answered from the ship said that they don’t know. According to him, the reason for the stop is not technical problems.
The Danes also asked the reason why the ship stopped at sea on Tuesday. The Chinese ship replied “we are waiting for an order from the company”.
The captain of the Danish ship also asked if they were expecting anything from the mainland and offered to help. The man who answered from the Chinese ship wanted to exchange contact information.
According to Jyllands Posten, there is no clear connection between the Danish Rota ship and the Chinese Yi Peng ship.