Sweden says a cable break in the Baltic Sea last month was not sabotage and has lifted restrictions on a Bulgarian bulker.
Swedish authorities boarded and detained the Malta-flagged 32,200-dwt Vezhen (built 2022) after Latvia reported a break in a communications cable connecting it to Sweden on 26 January.
Swedish forces boarded the Navibulgar-owned vessel via helicopter and boat as it was heading out of the Baltic Sea, having called at Ust-Luga in Russia.