Baltic Sea Cables to Receive Better Protection

The Baltic Sea countries will strengthen the monitoring of underwater cables and ships. The Coast Guard will be the Swedish hub for sharing information and protecting cables.

‘Together, we will become sharper and more powerful in detecting and responding to various incidents, especially those related to cable security,’ says Lena Lindgren Schelin, Director General of the Coast Guard.

The Coast Guard has been tasked by the government to be Sweden’s contact in a Finnish initiative to develop cooperation between the Baltic Sea countries (except Russia).

The Minister for Civil Defence, Carl-Oskar Bohlin (M), says that events in the Baltic Sea have demonstrated the need for faster information sharing.

‘We have seen that there has been some way to go in terms of communication between the authorities of different countries.’

^{Cover photo: Lena Lindgren Schelin, Director General of the Swedish Coast Guard, believes that efforts to protect important cables in the Baltic Sea can be improved when the Baltic Sea countries and their authorities are able to share information more quickly. Photo: Claudio Bresciani/TT}