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100 cable "faults", but only 2/3-rd are from ships. And, then, how many of those have been in the Baltic Sea in prior years? 66 incidents per year sounds like a
by agapon 2y ago
100 cable "faults", but only 2/3-rd are from ships.
And, then, how many of those have been in the Baltic Sea in prior years?
66 incidents per year sounds like a lot, but there are so many cables and shipping lanes all over the world.
- amiga386 2y agoRead the linked page, and its infographic. 38% + 25% = 63% ~ "two thirds". There are another 11% caused by "human activity", it's just neither "fishing" (trawler nets) nor "anchorage", but "other", which could even be a keel severing the cable close to shore. https://blog.telegeography.com/hs-fs/hubfs/2017/submarine-cable-map/faq-graphics/causes-of-cable-faults.png https://blog.telegeography.com/hs-fs/hubfs/2017/submarine-ca... 74% human caused (38% fishing, 25% anchorage, 11% other) 14% environmental (8% natural, 6% abrasion) 12% neither human nor environmental (6% component failure, 6% other) "Deliberate sabotage and shark bites are exceedingly rare"