Several ships are currently searching in the area, hoping to find the rest of the crew.

Under the coordination of the MRCC Service (Maritime Rescue Coordination Center) within the Romanian Naval Authority, the search and rescue operation is in full swing after the Mohammad Z ship sank.

The alert was received around 4:00 a.m., and the MRCC officers immediately sent three ships to the area. The support of the Border Police was also requested, and they sent the vessels to the accident site. At the same time, two commercial vessels located nearby were immediately alerted to join the search and rescue operation.

The sunken ship, Mohammed Z, under the flag of Tanzania, had 11 crew members on board, nine Syrian nationals and two Egyptian nationals, and eight of them were rescued by the merchant ship Michel, which was closest to the place of the accident.

At this moment, the efforts to search for the other three missing crew members, all of Syrian nationality, are continuing.

The reason for the sinking of the ship is not known at this moment, and an investigation file will be opened to establish the causes and circumstances under which the accident occurred. There are big chances that a war mine could’ve hit the ship.

Last year, a Ukrainian mine hit the dam in Costinesti, causing an explosion. Since then, Romania, Turkey, and Bulgaria have signed an agreement to coordinate their efforts and clear the Black Sea from the war mines floating there.

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More than 2,200 soldiers and 135 technical means (27 maritime and river vessels, 17 aircraft and 91 vehicles and boats) will train in the Black Sea, in the coastal area, on the river and in the Danube Delta for missions to combat activities illegal sea and river operations, maritime and river control, search and rescue at sea, assisting a vessel in distress and securing critical infrastructure.

The multinational exercise “Sea Shield 24” is the most complex event conducted by the Romanian Naval Forces through the “Vice Admiral Ioan Georgescu” Naval Component Command, in the training year 2024, and contributes to the promotion of Romania’s initiatives and interests on a regional and international level, such as and increasing the level of interoperability between participating forces. At the same time, the aim is to optimize the inter-institutional effort and synchronize planning cycles at the level of the Naval Forces in cooperation with the other categories of forces.

The first edition of the multinational exercise “Sea Shield” took place in 2015, and its scenarios were continuously adapted to respond quickly and effectively to the entire spectrum of threats to regional security and stability.

The exercise’s opening ceremony will be held on Monday, April 8, between 08.50 and 10.00, in the port of Constanța, at the Passenger Terminal, where the aim, objectives, participating forces and exercise methods will be presented.

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