Twelve seafarers injured as LR2 tanker On Peace is hit in the Strait of Hormuz
Oman's air force landed on deck to fly ten casualties to Khasab; 11 of the 12 injured are Indian nationals
Twelve seafarers were injured when the Panama-flagged LR2 tanker On Peace was struck by a projectile while transiting the Strait of Hormuz. The 115,000 dwt tanker, built in 2021 and owned by Dubai-based Onex, had 19 crew on board, 17 of them Indian nationals. India's government said 11 of the 12 injured were Indian.
The ship appears to be the unnamed tanker reported to UK Maritime Trade Operations on Monday 5 October as hit on an outbound transit off the Musandam Peninsula, though India and Oman gave the date of the attack as Tuesday 6 October. It was the 12th likely Iranian attack on shipping since Wednesday 30 September, and by far the most serious for a crew.
How were the injured evacuated?
Oman's defence ministry said its air force carried out an emergency medevac, airlifting ten injured seafarers from the ship. The helicopter landed directly on the tanker's deck, so medical staff could take the crew off without hoisting them. At least two were carried off the helicopter on stretchers on arrival at hospital in Khasab. India thanked the Omani authorities for the response.
"The targeting of commercial shipping, seafarers and civilian infrastructure in the region must end, and navigation and commerce through international waterways must be restored at the earliest," India's Ministry of External Affairs said.
Other ships reported hit since the weekend of 3 and 4 October include the LNG carrier Maran Gas Mystras, Gas Vela, Cameroon Prosperity and Ghana Prosperity. Footage released by a tracking service purports to show a fire on Cameroon Prosperity after the strike.
What are crews paid to make the run?
The attacks come as hazard pay for the transit has risen sharply. Tanker masters on ships making the Hormuz run are earning base salaries of up to $100,000 a month plus a $50,000 bonus per trip, while other crew can earn four to six times their usual pay. One Chinese crewing agency is offering a $25,000 per-trip bonus to oilers and ordinary seamen. A single shuttle run through the strait is put at around $40 million per trip, leaving wide margins after war-risk premiums.
About 30 to 40 ships transit the waterway regularly, and most are not hit. Iran has yet to sink a tanker in the crisis. Richard Matthews, consulting director at E.A. Gibson, said that given the millions being made, the bonuses were "absolutely nothing to the shipowners".
This story is part of the Maritime Briefing of 7 October 2026.
