While shipping companies profit from the Red Sea crisis, seafarers are paying the price. When the Houthis of Yemen announced that they would target Israeli-linked international shipping in the Red Sea in November last year, few would have believed that the turmoil of their attacks would be continuing eight months on. The Iran-backed Houthis have always been adamant that their attacks – which have targeted the ships of many nations – will continue until Israel’s invasion of the Gaza Strip ends. That is why the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) demands a solution which tackles the root cause of this problem head-on. (....)