Of the 13 Ukrainians who were members of the crew of the sunken ship “Volgo Balt 179”, 10 people were rescued, and they are looking for one more.
On the morning of March 11, the Volgo Balt 179 dry-cargo ship sank in the Black Sea, which was sailing from the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don to the Romanian port of Constanta. About it informs Romanian company Grup Servicii Petroliere, which is engaged in the oil business.
The ship’s crew consisted of 13 Ukrainian sailors, one of whom was a woman.
It is known about two people killed in the shipwreck, another one is missing.
10 sailors were rescued.
Grup Servicii Petroliere notes that the rescue operation takes place in “extremely difficult weather conditions” – the wave height reaches four meters.
News.ro representatives of the Romanian Agency for the Rescue of Human Life at Sea (ARSVOM) reported that the tanker sank about 70 nautical miles (about 130 km) from Constanta.
The ship was built in 1973 and more recently it flew under the flag of the Comoros.
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