Oil tanker captains paid $100,000 a month for Strait of Hormuz trips

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What we can confirm

The Financial Times reported that oil tanker captains in the Gulf were being offered compensation equivalent to $100,000 per month plus a $50,000 bonus for each Strait of Hormuz transit. Independent reporting also repeated the figures, while other reporting documented substantial but generally lower bonuses and normal captain salaries of roughly $15,000 per month. The claim is therefore specifically supported as a reported exceptional rate, though it should not be generalized as the standard pay for all captains.