Middle EastPublished: 12 October 2026 at 00:57
Seafarers' union official says crews offered big money to transit Strait of Hormuz
Attacks on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz continue to mount, and a seafarers' union official says some crews are being offered large rewards for making the crossing.
As attacks on vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz keep mounting, an official from a seafarers' union says some ship crews are being offered big rewards for making the crossing.
Only this brief account is available from the source material. It does not say who is carrying out the attacks, how many ships have been affected, what sums are being offered or who is offering them. The official and the union are also not named in the available text.
Further details will be added as they become known.
