FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin Eight crew members are missing after two chemical tankers caught fire overnight in Romanian territorial waters in the Black Sea, Romanian officials said on 15 October, amid heightened security concerns following repeated drone incidents in the region. The San Marino-flagged tanker Wine Trader issued an emergency alert to Romania’s naval authority. Four of its 12 crew members were rescued, while eight remained missing as search and rescue operations continued. A second vessel, the Comoros-flagged chemical and oil tanker Yara J, also caught fire near the mouth of the Danube River’s Sulina Canal. All crew members were reported safe. RelatedNews ETF issues appeal for EU leaders to protect seafarers and dock workers Bulgaria summons Russian ambassador after drone attacks against shipping var jnews_module_21411138_0_6ad0b5ec652d5 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21411138","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"4026,3267","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0