Ship hit within Romania’s Black Sea exclusive economic area

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• 01A merchant ship caught fire on the evening of August 27 in the Black Sea, in Romania's exclusive economic zone, and the crew of 12 sailors was rescued by border police officers from the Coast Guard and by another merchant ship in the area, News.ro announced.
• 02By 20:47, all were recovered alive. "Following the rescue operation, by 21:00, all 12 people who were on board the merchant ship were rescued.
• 03President Dan, attending the Independence Day ceremony in Chisinau, commented. "This evening we had an event in Romanian territorial waters.
• 04The Coast Guard intervened promptly; no one was injured," Nicușor Dan said. "The ship was hit, and it seems to have sunk, but for the moment we don't know by whom, by what kind of.
• 05There will be an investigation, it will be established, it is not a good time to circulate ungrounded speculation," Nicuşor Dan stated in a press conference, cited by Digi24 . iulian@romania-insider.com (Photo source: Dimitris Kolyris / Dreamstime.com ).
• 06The rescue operation was difficult because of the large waves in the area. "The ship was hit, and it seems to have sunk, but for now we don't know by whom and by what," commented president Nicuşor Dan.
• 07There were 12 crew members on board the ship Progress IV.