TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan Security Monitor posted a new map on Wednesday that shows Taiwan's latest undersea cable and the locations of cable incidents.
On July 21, the Naval Meteorological and Oceanographic Office posted a notice to mariners that a new submarine cable had been completed by Chunghwa Telecom. Mariners were advised to navigate with caution in the area and warned that “anchoring is prohibited.”
It included a map showing the new subsea cable is named Apricot-S6 and has a landing point in Yilan County's Toucheng Township. The Asia Pacific Route Incorporating Cognitive Optical Transport (APRICOT) subsea cable system spans 12,000 kilometers and links Japan, Taiwan, Guam, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Singapore, per Submarine Cable Networks.
Taiwan Security Monitor uploaded a map to X showing the new cable. The map also shows incidents of suspected Chinese sabotage of undersea cables around Taiwan from 2023 to 2025.
In February 2023, Chinese vessels were linked to two incidents in which subsea cables linking Taiwan and the Matsu island were severed. The cable damaged on Feb. 2 was attributed to a Chinese fishing boat, while the incident on Feb. 8 involved a cargo ship of Chinese origin.
In January, the Coast Guard said a Cameroonian-flagged freighter with an all-Chinese crew and Hong Kong owner, Shun Xing 39, was suspected of damaging the TPE cable northeast of Yehliu. In February, the Hong Tai 58, a Togo-flagged cargo ship with Chinese ownership ties, severed the Taiwan-Penghu No. 3 submarine cable linking Taiwan and Penghu.
