FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin The latest Seafarers Happiness Index (SHI) from The Mission to Seafarers reflects a Q1 of dual dynamic, where an initial period of stabilisation was abruptly reversed by the outbreak of conflict in the Persian Gulf, with the overall happiness score dropping to 7.18 out of 10 in Q1 of 2026 down from 7.26 in the previous quarter. What began as an initial period of stabilisation was abruptly overturned by the outbreak of conflict in the Persian Gulf, leaving many seafarers with critically low necessities and in fear for their safety. RelatedNews Iranian vessel reportedly on fire days after US navy operation Xclusiv Shipbrokers: Dry bulk market experiences strong cargo volume growth var jnews_module_21371887_0_6a03c1d84ed00 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21371887","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"3060,3838,4346,458,1200,528,3675,1545,250,1582,3314","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_imag