EU PLANS JET FUEL SHARING TO MITIGATE CRISIS AS IRAN CLOSES HORMUZ AGAIN, FIRES ON A TANKER, DENIES PEACE TALKS PLANNED

IRAN HAS REIMPOSED THE CLOSURE OF HORMUZ AFTER TRUMP REFUSED TO REMOVE THE NAVY BLOCKADE

THIS AS TEE EU COUNTS DOWN TO A JET FUEL CRISIS WHICH COULD SEE MOST FLIGHTS GROUNDED IN JUST A FEW WEEKS CAUSING UNPRECEDENTED CHAOS

75 % OF  THE EU S KEROSENE COMES FROM MIDDLE EAST

EU S PRODUCTION OF KEROSENE SHRANK TO A QUARTER BETWEEN 2019 AND 2024

US CAN ONLY SUPPLY CIRCA 35% AND ITS KROSENE IS VERY EXPENSIVE

https://www.diepresse.com/20778738/drohender-kerosinmangel-gefaehrdet-flugverkehr-im-sommer

TOURIST DESTINATIONS LIKE GREECE WILL BE ESPECIALLY AFFECTED IF JETS RUN LOW ON KEROSENE, TICKET PRICES SOAR BUT THE ENTIRE EU ECONOMY WILL TAKE A HUGE HIT

ASIA WORSE HIT

From media

EU prepares for jet fuel sharing as supplies dwindle

Energy commissioner Dan Jørgensen says Europe moving towards supply crisis “very rapidly”

https://www.ft.com/content/494c1181-7bc3-42f3-b1af-c1dff3f62886?syn-25a6b1a6=1

From media

 Iranian gun boats attacked a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz after Tehran reimposed restrictions on the waterway in response to the continued US blockade of its ports.

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations said troops on two IRGC vessels opened fire on a ship 20 nautical miles north-east of Oman, without warning the crew.

It said the tanker and crew were reported as safe, but authorities were still investigating the incident. Iranian state media claimed that two Indian vessels were forced to turn back out of the strait following the clash.

Iran’s military declared earlier that the waterway would once again close after the US “did not fulfil their obligations” by ending its naval blockade of Iranian ports.

Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, pledged to “make the enemies taste the bitterness of new defeats” in a rare statement.

Khamenei, who has not been seen publicly since before the war, claimed that Iranian forces had already exposed the “weakness and humiliation” of the US and Israel to the world.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/04/18/iran-war-latest-news-trump-ceasefire-strait-of-hormuz-open/

From media

Tehran has not yet agreed to a next round of negotiations with Washington, Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency reported Saturday, citing “relevant authorities.”

“Iran has not, up to this moment, agreed to the next round of talks” due to the US blockade of Iranian ports and Washington’s “excessive demands in the negotiations,” it said.

“The absence of excessive US demands is a key condition for continuing talks,” the report claimed, adding that this message was relayed to the US via Pakistani mediators.

Citing Iranian sources, CNN reported on Friday that Iranian and American officials were expected to arrive in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, on Sunday to hold a second round of talks on Monday.

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260418-iran-has-not-yet-agreed-to-next-round-of-talks-with-us-report/