# Hormuz: $100K a Month, $50K a Transit. Who Calls Stop?

**URL:** <https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/hormuz-100k-a-month-50k-a-transit-who-calls-stop/77979>\
**Category:** Professional Mariner Forum\
**Tags:** tankers, strait-of-hormuz, maritime-safety, crew-welfare\
**Created:** [October 21, 2026, 2:41pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/hormuz-100k-a-month-50k-a-transit-who-calls-stop/77979 "2026-10-21T14:41:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Raghu\_Sharma](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/raghu_sharma/32/71148_2.png) [@Raghu\_Sharma](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Raghu_Sharma)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2026, 2:41pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/hormuz-100k-a-month-50k-a-transit-who-calls-stop/77979/1 "2026-10-21T14:41:19Z")

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I’ve been talking this over with a few colleagues. With Masters being offered up to $100,000 a month and $50,000 per passage, we kept coming back to what happens if conditions change and the captain calls it off.

If the bonus depends on getting through, that’s a lot of money riding on a safety decision.

I’ve tried to work through those concerns in this article. Anyone here dealt with similar terms? What happened when a transit had to wait?

> **[The Mercenary Master: Shipping’s New Hormuz Reality - The DeepDraft](https://thedeepdraft.com/2026/10/19/the-mercenary-master-shippings-new-hormuz-reality/)**
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> With tanker freight exceeding a million dollars a day and Masters commanding extraordinary transit bonuses, Hormuz has exposed an uncomfortable reality.

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**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2026, 9:05pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/hormuz-100k-a-month-50k-a-transit-who-calls-stop/77979/2 "2026-10-21T21:05:04Z")

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There has been some inflation since the 1980s. I was offered USD 10k to take command on a tanker for a trip from Dubai Anchorage to Kharge Island and back to Khor Fakkan Anchorage.

PS: I did not take the offer. (I had a young family at the time)

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**Author:** ![Binbag\_the\_Saylore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Binbag\_the\_Saylore](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Binbag_the_Saylore)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2026, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/hormuz-100k-a-month-50k-a-transit-who-calls-stop/77979/3 "2026-10-22T15:12:52Z")

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![Hormess](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/d/3/d3d78fa4deb4becf633bcac942da8bbf27f677b2.jpeg)

> **[Refusing to cross, cannot escape: Seafarers recount Hormuz dangers](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/22/refusing-to-cross-unable-to-escape-seafarers-recount-hormuz-dangers-to-euronews)**
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> Euronews spoke to a crew member of a cargo vessel anchored off Pakistan for weeks and an Iranian maritime manager about dangers in the vital waterway — where traffic has fallen 90% since the war began and at least 95 seafarers in commercial roles...