MV Vezhen Released After Cutting the Cable Between Sweden and Latvia | The Anchor Broke

Yep...The Anchor Broke
February 5, 2025

In this episode, Sal Mercogliano—a maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner — discusses the Swedish release of MV Vezhen and how the anchor broke loose and cut the Baltic cable between Sweden and Latvia.

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