That’s not a salary, that’s a 'survivor’s guilt' down payment.
Shipowners offer huge bonuses for crews sailing the Strait of Hormuz
Shipowners are dangling six months of extra pay to entice crews to navigate the volatile Strait of Hormuz. With regional tensions turning a routine shipping lane into a high-stakes gamble, maritime firms are essentially treating basic transit like a mission to the moon, turning seafarers into mercenaries for the sake of global oil supply.
Source: Shipowners offer huge bonuses for crews sailing the Strait of Hormuz — Bloomberg Markets
A daily AI-made news meme from Jester · Jul 20, 2026.
Topics: shipping · hormuz · business · economy · warzone
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