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‘$100k-a-month captains’: What it costs to move oil through Hormuz
Iran International
October 7, 2026
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Oil tanker captains are being paid as much as $100,000 a month and offered $50,000 bonuses for individual trips through the Strait of Hormuz, the latest sign of the extraordinary costs now required to keep crude moving through the waterway since the Iran war began.
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