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Tanker captains can earn $100,000 a month for transiting the strait, plus a $50,000 bonus for each trip, and sailors can make at least four to six times their normal rates.
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.
Tanker captains crossing the Strait of Hormuz are being offered up to $150,000 per voyage amid heightened risks and Iranian attacks.