Denmark reports leak in gas pipeline in Baltic Sea

Excavators working on a discharge channel of the new Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline in the Bay of Greifswald in 2018 (dpa/Alamy/PA)

Denmark’s maritime authority said a gas leak has been observed in a pipeline leading from Russia to Europe underneath the Baltic Sea – and that there is a danger to ship traffic.

The operator of Nord Stream 2 confirmed a leak in the pipeline has been detected south-east of the Danish island Bornholm in the Baltic Sea.