Tag: Romania

On Wednesday, Romanian officials evacuated the crew of a Togo-flagged general cargo ship, following an explosion that occurred on board the vessel near the Romanian port of Sulina.

According to Paris MoU, M/V "GELIBOLU 2" vessel was detained in Constanta (Romania) on 28 August 2023. This is the third detention in the Paris MoU within the last 36 months.

Romanian national authorities have been using EMSA RPAS to conduct flights over the Black Sea region from a base in Mangalia.

London P&I Club informs that vessels navigating in the Black Sea should note that there have been three recent reports of sea mines drifting in the area.

On April 28, Turkish and Romanian responders neutralized more Soviet-era sea mines that were found drifting in the Black Sea. 

WISTA Romania became the 50th active National WISTA Association (NWA) and the 19th European country to join the network.

Paris MoU reports that it refused access to "Uranus II" vessel, as it was flying under the flag of Sierra Leone, which is black on the current Paris MoU WGB List. Specifically, the vessel was detained in port Midia, in Romania, on January 28, 2020.

The livestock carrier "QUEEN HIND" overturned in Midia Port, Romania on 24th November with approximately 14,600 sheep and 22 crewmembers on board. Rescuers of the military, the police and some divers teamed up and made their efforts to face this tragedy. Until now, all of the vessel's personnel along with 33 ships have been rescued, with the rest feared to be drowned.

The Phoenix Reisen river cruise ship Prinzessin Isabella collided with an unidentified Panama-flagged cargo ship in Tulcea waters, Romania, Danube, in the early morning of Saturday, 5 October. The cargo vessel which was proceeding upstream en route to Galati, severely damaged the cruise ship with 165 passengers on board and was sailing downstream to Tulcea at the time of the collision.

The European Commission announced that, under the EU State aid rules, it will provide a €27.4 million investment aid to Romania's Port of Galați, the largest sea-river port in the country. The overall investment will cost €89.9 million.