Trauma from Red Sea attacks adds to seafarer shortage

FILE PHOTO: Greek second-class marine engineer and member of Greece's marine engineers' union PEMEN Costas Rassias, 34, poses for a portrait in Athens, Greece April 3, 2024. REUTERS/Louiza Vradi/File Photo

FILE PHOTO: A person points at a screen showcasing a vessel tracking software at Maritime Risk Management provider Diaplous group offices in Athens, Greece April 1, 2024. REUTERS/Louiza Vradi/File PhotoATHENS: 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.

"Seafarers are less and less keen to willingly sail through that region and it is becoming a bigger challenge now," an industry source with knowledge of the crisis said. "We urge our members not to give in to pressure, to put their safety and lives first and demand not to work in war zones at any cost."Charles Watkins, CEO and clinical psychologist at Mental Health Support Solutions, has met 40 seafarers from two ships that sailed through the Red Sea. Many have experienced trauma and some are considering leaving the trade.

"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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