Maersk Surabaya Credit VesselFinder
Credit VesselFinder

The master of the 8,845 teu Maersk Surabaya has been arrested by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) following an investigation into a damaged subsea cable off the coast this month.

According to the AFP, a 59-year-old Ukrainian has been detained in Melbourne and charged with damaging a section of the cable, around 10km off the coast of Perth.

The police said it had received allegations on 3 August that a ship had damaged the cable – with repairs potentially at A$1.5m (US$1.07m).

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