The Government frequently liaises with other countries on cable breaks, and particularly when the cause is not immediately clear. We apply all appropriate diplomatic levers to ensure the necessary investigations occur when deliberate sabotage activity is a possibility. The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Sub-Committee on Implementation of IMO Instruments has already begun work on an overarching web service to improve data-sharing on vessels’ behaviour at sea. There are also already mechanisms to report on erratic behaviour of vessels on passage. There is a limit to the utility of port inspections, however, as such vessels generally do not stop in ports where they may face investigation.