Five crew members were rescued after the chemical tanker Wine Trader caught fire near Romania’s Black Sea coast, while seven remain missing. Rough seas and strong winds are complicating the search.
Romanian authorities resumed the search on October 16, 2026, for seven sailors missing after a drone struck the chemical tanker Wine Trader off the Black Sea coast. The San Marino-flagged vessel was sailing from Tunisia to Romania and caught fire about one nautical mile outside Romanian territorial waters, near Sulina. Five of the 12 people aboard were rescued.
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