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important that people buy as much fuel as they need, but no more, no less,” Bowen said. ## ‘Very challenging incident’ Incident controller Mark McGuinness said a “significant leak” of highly flammable gases and liquid hydrocarbons
traffic, IRNA said. Authorities said they had started consultations with foreign airlines to clarify routes and to re-attract transit flights as a fragile ceasefire with the US continues, while efforts for more talks between
oil exports constrained, Tehran may seek to depend less on the Gulf and more on a patchwork of railways, Caspian ports and sanctions-era trade networks linking it to Russia. The importance of that relationship
traffic through the key Strait of Hormuz shipping route. Reeves told an audience at the Invest in America Forum in Washington DC where she's been attending the IMF's annual conference, that while
traffic was brought down from an average of 129 in February to a virtual standstill. Mohammad Reza Farzanegan, professor of economics of the Middle East at Marburg University’s Center for Near and Middle Eastern
important confidence-building measure, a signal from the US that it is serious about a second round. It will also give Tehran good reason to return to the table,” he said. But he added that
oil traffic but has been blockaded for 10 weeks since since the US-Israeli attack on Iran in February. The US has said repeatedly there can be no permanent solution to the blockade that involves
import of 273m barrels of crude oil by the end of this year,” Kang Hoon-sik, chief of staff to the president, said. The amount is sufficient for more than three months of South Korea
importance of reopening the Strait of Hormuz, observers are less united on the severity of the current outlook. Traders who buy and sell financial contracts linked to food crops are anticipating only moderate price increases
oil passes. Although China has been more insulated from the energy shock than other Asian countries, thanks to its diversified energy mix and large stockpiles, the risk of a global recession – which the International Monetary
traffic once again as a fragile ceasefire with the United States [largely holds](/news/2026/4/11/ceasefire-brings-some-relief-for-iranians-but-economic-outlook-remains-grim) after weeks of devastating US-Israeli attacks. Yet customers are cautious. “Standing in a shop, most things are still available
Hormuz, according to Steve Dunn, author of *Blockade: Cruiser Warfare and the Starvation of Germany in World War One*. "Detection of vessels is much easier, with satellite, [planes and drones] and radar," using helicopters
important oil export terminal that has been repeatedly attacked during the war with Iran. The U.K. maritime center did not name the ship seized Thursday and said it is investigating. The British military said
traffic following the launch of the war on February 28, while the US launched a blockade of all Iranian ports on April 13. Xi’s measured statements stood in sharp contrast to those
oil storage facility. The attack marks the first time Iran has attacked the Emirates since the ceasefire began. ![The Iran-flagged tugboat Basim sails near a ship anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar
traffic onto highways, and more Iranians back to their homeland. "I stayed with my son in Turkey for a month," a grey-haired banker says as we stand waiting in the departures hall
traffic entering and leaving Iranian ports. US forces say they will intercept or turn back vessels travelling to or from Iran's coast. Washington says ships coming or going from elsewhere will be allowed
Hormuz. Twenty percent of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipments transit the waterway during peacetime. The blockage of the strait has triggered a major shortage of oil around the world