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title: The cost of hiring a supertanker to ship oil from the Persian Gulf to the Far East has climbed further, reaching ~$1.3 million per day.
description: "It was less than $50,000 a day before the war started; and ~$1.1 million when I first published the chart in September\n\nSource: Javier Blas, Bloomberf"
---

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# [The cost of hiring a supertanker to ship oil from the Persian Gulf to the Far East has climbed further, reaching ~$1.3 million per day.](https://blog.syzgroup.com/syz-the-moment/the-cost-of-hiring-a-supertanker-to-ship-oil-from-the-persian-gulf-to-the-far-east-has-climbed-further-reaching-1.3-million-per-day)

 Written by [Charles-Henry Monchau, CFA, CMT, CAIA](https://blog.syzgroup.com/syz-the-moment/author/charles-henry-monchau) | Oct 5, 2026, 1:55:36 PM

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