NEW: The International Energy Agency chief is sounding the alarm that Europe is running out of fuel due to the Strait of Hormuz blockade:
"We have maybe 6 weeks or so of jet fuel left… I can tell you soon we will hear the news that some of the flights from City A to City B… pic.twitter.com/LTajoKp0ka
— Fox News (@FoxNews) April 16, 2026
Hormuz blockade announcement triggers immediate diversion of LNG tankers toward longer Cape routes
Freight rates for Aframax class vessels are showing a non-linear decoupling from crude prices.
Remember the 2021 Suez blockage where logistics costs stayed elevated for months after the ship moved? Why is the market pricing this as a one-week event when the supply chain lag is permanent?
BREAKING: US import prices rose +0.8% MoM in March, the 2nd-largest monthly increase since April 2025.
YoY, import prices surged +2.1%, the largest annual increase since December 2024.
This comes as imported fuel prices rose +2.9% MoM, while natural gas prices dropped -71.0%… pic.twitter.com/t3J7spetNg
— The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) April 16, 2026
Reported delivered oil cost reaches $286 per barrel in Sri Lanka while Brent trades near $95 due to freight insurance and rerouting premiums.
On Tuesday, April 14, at the HSBC Global Investment Summit in Hong Kong, CEO Georges Elhedery said something on live Bloomberg television that should have detonated every energy desk on earth. It did not. Because nobody is reading what it actually means.
“The highest I’ve seen,… https://t.co/lgjyoHcdkQ pic.twitter.com/ZhsMEzAB5S
— Shanaka Anslem Perera ⚡ (@shanaka86) April 16, 2026
On Tuesday, April 14, at the HSBC Global Investment Summit in Hong Kong, CEO Georges Elhedery said something on live Bloomberg television that should have detonated every energy desk on earth. It did not. Because nobody is reading what it actually means.
“The highest I’ve seen,… https://t.co/lgjyoHcdkQ pic.twitter.com/ZhsMEzAB5S
— Shanaka Anslem Perera ⚡ (@shanaka86) April 16, 2026
Bankrupted Spirit Airlines Faces Imminent Liquidation https://t.co/aADnGPVEnE
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) April 16, 2026
Bankrupt Spirit Airlines “could liquidate as early as this week,” according to a new CNBC report. The troubled carrier, stuck in years of turbulence, has failed to emerge from its second bankruptcy in less than a year and is now being squeezed by soaring jet fuel costs.
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/bankrupted-spirit-airlines-faces-imminent-liquidation