Trauma from Red Sea attacks adds to seafarer shortage

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ATHENS, Greece - When a missile fired by Yemen's Houthi Islamists landed near his ship in the Red Sea , Costas Rassias vowed to stop sailing through the perilous waters."I froze," said the Greek 34-year-old second class marine engineer, describing the close call.

"The slightest explosion disconcerts them, stresses them out."Boris Basenko, Ukrainian captain of the Greek-owned bulk carrier Zografia which was struck by a rocket this year near Yemen, said he doubts he will sail again through the region."Rockets fly into my home city every day but I was caught by a rocket a few hundred miles away" from Ukraine, he said. "Almost everyone from my crew at that time did not want to return to the Red Sea.

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