Yet another sailor dead in the Red Sea – Until when? The Red Sea was stained with blood again, as yet another sailor lost his life after a Houthi attack on a cargo ship.
The Red Sea was stained with blood once more, after yet another sailor lost his life following the Houthi attack on the cargo ship of which he was a crew member.
This tragic event came to confirm once again the dangerousness of the situation in the Red Sea and the surrounding areas. A dangerousness that no one seems to be taking seriously into account.
After the death of the four sailors of the vessel Eternity C, which sank in the Red Sea in July 2025 after the attack it sustained from the Houthi rebels, and the triumphant declarations that shipping companies would stop sending their ships through the Red Sea, we have arrived at today and yet another tragic loss.
Unfortunately, the sailor is once again called upon to “pay the price” of international conflicts, without being at fault for anything at all. He leaves his home for six, seven, eight or even more months and no longer knows if he will return alive.
The elephants fight and the frogs pay the price. That’s how it is in this case, that’s how it was and is in the Black Sea as well as in the problems faced by ships in the Persian Gulf.
And don’t fall into the trap of saying “well, the sailor wasn’t even Greek” because it doesn’t matter at all. He is a fellow sailor and anyone could have been in his place.
What after this?
And now the question reasonably arises: “after this tragic incident, what?”. There is no answer, as you understand. I believe there will be some statements, security companies will issue announcements, some shipping companies that continue to send their ships there will send some instructions on what ships should do if they receive a rocket (tragicomic) and life goes on.
Life goes on until the next tragic incident, in which yet another family will mourn for one of their own who went to work on the other side of the world and never returned.
What should be done
What should be done is for shipping in the Red Sea to stop. Nothing – not a single ship should pass through there.
This way, all trade in the region will also stop. Perhaps this will force them to take real measures which will protect the innocent sailors and guarantee the safety of shipping, which was once a given, while now we have reached the point of negotiating it…
Only this way might things settle down for these wretched sailors who for six years now, since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, refuse to calm down.
Let’s hope at least that this is the last unjust death of a sailor… Although I very much fear that the worst is ahead of us.
