Greek seafarers launched a 24-hour nationwide strike on Thursday, halting local ferry services to protest over vessel crews stranded in the Gulf as the Iran conflict intensifies.
Maritime unions demanded that the region be officially declared a war risk zone, which would allow seafarers to refuse sailing there and request repatriation.
The strike was organised by Greek maritime unions, which said seafarers working in high-risk waters are facing increasing danger.
Angelos Galanopoulos, head of Greece’s lower engine crews’ union Stephenson, said crews currently operating in the Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and the Red Sea should be evacuated immediately.
Union leaders said seafarers in the region face serious risks due to the escalating conflict and uncertainty over maritime safety.
Dozens of protesters gathered outside the shipowners’ union office near the port of Piraeus, Greece’s largest port and a major global shipping hub.
Protesters spray-painted the message “No sacrifice for profits and wars” on the ground during
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