3 Indian sailors are dead after a US strike disabled the tanker MT Settebello in the Gulf of Oman.
CENTCOM says it was carrying Iranian crude and ignored orders. (21 crew were rescued).
India has summoned the US chargé d'affaires.
This incident will outlast the news cycle.
It's the 2nd Indian-crewed, Palau-flagged tanker hit by US forces in a single week (MT Marivex was first; all crew survived).
Blockade enforcement is no longer an abstraction between Washington and Tehran.
It's now killing 3rd-country seafarers.
The world's tanker fleet runs on flags of convenience and Indian, Filipino and Chinese crews.
A blockade that treats every non-compliant hull as a target puts those crews at risk.
For shipping, this adds a layer on top of Hormuz war-risk premia now extend into the Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea, crews may refuse Gulf routings, and insurers reprice everything Iran-adjacent.
The blockade's cost is no longer just barrels. It's manpower and coverage.
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