Technical examinations of an anchor recovered from the seabed between Finland and Estonia have confirmed that it belongs to a Hong Kong flagged Chinese vessel.
Report informs via foreign media that the NewNew Polar Bear ship is known to have been moving in the region when damage to the Balticconnector gas pipeline was first detected.
"At this stage, it can be said that the anchor that was recovered from the sea on 24 October fits the anchor of the NewNew Polar Bear in terms of certain technical specifications. The same type of paint has also been found on the anchor as on the damaged gas pipeline," Detective Inspector Risto Lohi of Finland's National Bureau of Investigation stated.
The Balticconnector pipeline was damaged in the early hours of Sunday 8 October, with Finnish authorities stating in the immediate aftermath of the incident that the damage was likely the result of "external activity".