According to the Romanian Naval Authority’s Maritime Coordination Center, the incident occurred Monday at around 5.30 pm, Romanian time, aboard the Norden cargo ship, sailing 120 sea miles off the Romanian coast and some 100 miles off the Ukrainian port Odessa.
The crew looked for the missing sailor for four hours before sending out an SOS to Romanian and Ukrainian authorities. The Ukrainian coast guard is in charge of looking for the sailor.
The authority could not give details on the nationality of the missing crew member.