Ventspils-Farosund (Gotland)-Stockholm

A Baltic Corridor in Three Stops

The Ventspils–Farosund (Gotland)–Stockholm cable traces a diagonal path across the Baltic Sea, connecting the Latvian port city of Ventspils with the Swedish capital via an intermediate landing on Gotland. The route is defined by the geography of the Baltic itself: Gotland sits at the sea's approximate centre, making it a natural waypoint for cables running between the eastern and western shores.

Ventspils has long served as a significant port and logistics hub on the Latvian coast, and its inclusion as a cable landing point reflects the broader drive to anchor Baltic states to Scandinavian digital infrastructure. Stockholm, as a major Nordic internet exchange and connectivity hub, provides onward reach into northern Europe's core networks.

The Gotland intermediate landing is particularly notable. Rather than bypassing the island, the cable comes ashore there, extending connectivity to a landmass that sits well offshore from mainland Sweden. Farosund, at Gotland's northern tip, is the named landing point on the island.

What the Record Shows

Detailed documentation for this system — covering its builder, ownership structure, design capacity, length and ready-for-service date — is not held in the current record. The cable is confirmed as active. Given the route's alignment with broader Baltic connectivity patterns, it forms part of the mesh of systems that provide redundant cross-Baltic paths between the Baltic states and Scandinavia, a corridor that carries both commercial and strategic significance for the region.

Further details on this system, where they become available, will be added to this profile.