Four tankers hit in the Strait of Hormuz as captains draw $100,000 a month
Attacks on shipping in and around the strait injured crew on at least one tanker and left Gulf crude and condensate exports well below normal.
Assembled by Claude from 7 sources at 7 outlets · Tuesday, October 6, 2026, Evening edition, 5:24 PM EDT · no human byline
What happened
Four tankers were attacked in or near the Strait of Hormuz, and another commercial vessel was threatened by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps marineinsight.com. Two Sinokor very large crude carriers and a Maran Gas LNG tanker were among the four ships hit in the attacks, according to an account citing a 5 October advisory from the UK Maritime Trade Operations seatrade-maritime.com.
An LR2 tanker was hit by a projectile during a transit of the strait on Monday or Tuesday, injuring 12 seafarers maritime-executive.com. A separate report said 11 Indian crew were injured after the Panama-flagged MT On Peace was hit, with India condemning the attack and urging a ceasefire and the safety of shipping thehindu.com. The two accounts give different injury counts for the vessels involved maritime-executive.comthehindu.com.
The Greek-flagged LNG carrier Maran Gas Mystras was hit by an unidentified projectile while exiting the strait, with its crew reported safe ekathimerini.com.
Why it matters to investors
The cost of moving a cargo through the chokepoint has repriced. Oil tanker captains in the Gulf are being paid rates equivalent to $100,000 a month for travelling through the Strait of Hormuz ft.com. That is a crew cost alone, and it sits on top of whatever hull and war-risk cover a transit now requires.
Volumes have not recovered to normal. Standard Chartered says flows through the strait remain well below normal, estimating crude and condensate exports from the Gulf on a basis that excludes Iran oilprice.com. LNG is caught alongside crude, with gas carriers among the vessels struck ekathimerini.comseatrade-maritime.com.
The attacks are also indiscriminate as to flag and owner. The vessels struck include Greek-flagged, Panama-flagged and Korean-owned tonnage, which means no single registry or charterer can route around the risk ekathimerini.comthehindu.comseatrade-maritime.com.
What to watch
The first marker is whether the attacks continue at this tempo. Four ships hit in a single run, plus a further vessel threatened, is the pattern that keeps transit economics dislocated marineinsight.comseatrade-maritime.com.
The second is danger pay and insurance. If captains' rates hold near $100,000 a month, the cost feeds through to freight and ultimately to delivered energy prices ft.com. The third is the export figure itself: Standard Chartered's estimate of Gulf crude and condensate shipments is the cleanest read on how much supply is actually reaching buyers oilprice.com. Diplomatic pressure is a fourth variable, with India condemning the attack on its crew and calling for a ceasefire and the safety of shipping thehindu.com.
Sources
- marineinsight.com: Four Tankers Attacked, Another Vessel Threatened By Iran's IRGC In Strait Of Hormuz (2026-10-06)
- maritime-executive.com: 12 Seafarers Injured in Attack on LR2 Tanker in Strait of Hormuz - The Maritime Executive (2026-10-06)
- ekathimerini.com: Greek LNG carrier hit in Strait of Hormuz , crew safe - eKathimerini.com (2026-10-06)
- seatrade-maritime.com: Sinokor, Maran Gas, and Sinogas ships hit in spate of Hormuz attacks - Seatrade Maritime News (2026-10-06)
- ft.com: Ships' captains paid $100,000 a month to transit Strait of Hormuz - Financial Times (2026-10-06)
- oilprice.com: Standard Chartered Says Hormuz Oil Flows Are Far From Normal | OilPrice.com (2026-10-06)
- thehindu.com: 11 Indian crew injured after ship hit by projectile in Strait of Hormuz ; India condemns attack (2026-10-06)