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Shipping companies offering sailors 'crazy money' to transit Strait of Hormuz

Lucia Stein and Som Patidar · ABC News (AU)

Published 11 Oct 2026, 5:48 am·1 h ago·1 min read

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Oil tanker captains in the Persian Gulf are being paid up to $US100,000 a month to navigate the Strait of Hormuz, industry insiders and maritime unions say.

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