Underwater cables are like the invisible highways of the internet. They stretch across oceans, carrying almost 95% of global ...

A senior coast guard official told AFP that Shunxing39's automatic identification system signal, which is used to broadcast a vessel's location, was now turned off. "It is illegal, but it has left our ...

has been damaged by a Cameroon-flagged freighter named Shunxing39. However, although the ship is registered in the West African country, Taiwanese officials say that the cargo ship is owned by Jie ...

There, the cargo ship Shunxing39, registered under the flag of Cameroon, probably damaged the submarine cable, which is part of the Trans-Pacific Express Cable System. Despite the fact that the ...

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The Cameroon-flagged Shunxing39 was intercepted by Taiwan's coast guard on Friday after Chunghwa Telecom reported damage to a subsea cable that is part of the Trans-Pacific Express Cable System.

Tracking data revealed the Shunxing39 cargo vessel had dropped its anchor around the rupture site near the port of Keelung, according to Taiwan’s coast guard. Chinese-owned vessels have previously ...

Taiwan telecoms operator Chunghwa Telecom and the Taiwan Coast Guard said on Saturday that the cargo vessel Shunxing39 was believed to have caused damage to a communications cable — close to the ...

Taiwan's coast guard said the Cameroon-flagged, Chinese-owned Shunxing39 cargo ship was suspected of damaging a subsea telecoms cable - Copyright AFP JUNG YEON-JE ...

Tracking data revealed the Shunxing39 cargo vessel had dropped its anchor around the rupture site near the port of Keelung, according to Taiwan’s coast guard. Chinese-owned vessels have ...

A senior coast guard official told AFP that Shunxing39's automatic identification system signal, which is used to broadcast a vessel's location, was now turned off. "It is illegal, but it has ...