Gulf states embed security apparatus into Hormuz tanker operations as shuttle fleet strategy becomes permanent
- Gulf states are integrating national security agencies into Hormuz shuttle tanker operations, while Adnoc insists military personnel are not being used as vessel crew
- Adnoc has spent more than $1.3bn expanding its tanker fleet and is treating shuttle tanker services as a long-term resilience strategy, even as it accelerates pipeline projects designed to bypass Hormuz
- Captains and crews on high-risk Hormuz voyages are earning double and triple normal rates, with some executives describing current risk bonuses as ‘retirement money’
Gulf producers are embedding national security agencies into Strait of Hormuz tanker operations and paying unprecedented crew premiums as shuttle tanker services evolve from a wartime contingency into a permanent export strategy
