The Strait of Hormuz Crisis: How Europe's Supply Chains Broke in 2026
A 110-day blockade of the Strait of Hormuz triggered the largest energy supply shock in history, slashing global oil flows by 10 million barrels per day and exposing deep vulnerabilities across European industry, aviation, chemicals, and food supply.
[1]Europe's Hormuz problem: adapt, bypass, or negotiate? — https://euperspectives.eu/2026/10/europes-hormuz-problem/
[2]Lessons from the 2026 Strait of Hormuz Shock — https://www.intereconomics.eu/contents/year/2026/number/4/article/energy-security-amid-geopolitical-instability-lessons-from-the-2026-strait-of-hormuz-shock.html
[3]The Strait of Hormuz crisis: Impact on supply chain and the ... — https://www.asiaglobalinstitute.hku.hk/geo-news/strait-hormuz-crisis-impact-supply-chain-and-financial-market
[5]Risks in the Suez, Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb Straits – Crisis in ... — https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-10-2026-001338_EN.html
[6]Europe's Oil Vulnerability to the Strait of Hormuz Disruption — https://www.oxfordenergy.org/wpcms/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Comment-Europes-oil-vulnerability.pdf
[7]The Global Costs of Disruption in the Strait of Hormuz — https://www.policycenter.ma/publications/global-costs-disruption-strait-hormuz
[8]Strait of Hormuz remains risk for supply chains — https://www.commerzbank.de/group/newsroom/publications/260410-wif-hormuzsupplychains.html
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The war in the Gulf and the challenges facing EU energy policy - OSW — https://www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacje/osw-commentary/2026-05-07/war-gulf-and-challenges-facing-eu-energy-policy
[10]Competitiveness of the Aviation Sector: : the impact of fuels ... — https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/ATAG/2026/786636/CASP_ATA(2026)786636_EN.pdf
[11]Blockade of the Strait of Hormuz Affects Imports to the EU ... — https://www.ifo.de/en/press-release/2026-03-05/blockade-of-the-strait-of-hormuz-affects-imports-eu-directly-and-indirectly
[12][PDF] Trade Dependencies and Shipping Disruption Scenarios for ... — https://table.media/assets/briefings/security/documents/20260320_documents_ascii_research-brief_strait-of-hormuz.pdf
[13]EU nations spend extra $113 billion on energy as Hormuz crisis deepens fuel supply risks — https://www.telegraphindia.com/world/eu-nations-spend-extra-113-billion-on-energy-as-hormuz-crisis-deepens-fuel-supply-risks/cid/2182259
[14]The new energy shock: economic scenarios and policy implications — https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/key/date/2026/html/ecb.sp260506~1bbd4ed780.cs.html
[15]Military escalation in the Middle East, increasing energy costs and ... — https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/P-10-2026-000901_EN.html
[16]How the War in the Middle East Is Affecting Energy, Trade, ... — https://www.imf.org/en/blogs/articles/2026/03/30/how-the-war-in-the-middle-east-is-affecting-energy-trade-and-finance
[17]The Deepening Red Sea Shipping Crisis — https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/099253002102539789/pdf/IDU10b8b59671dbc814cfc19c4a1299ff54854ba.pdf
[18]Beyond energy prices: the ripple effects of Gulf supply ... — https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/blog/date/2026/html/ecb.blog20260702~a6cf657ddc.en.html
[19]Ensuring availability and affordability of fertilisers — https://agriculture.ec.europa.eu/common-agricultural-policy/agri-food-supply-chain/ensuring-availability-and-affordability-fertilisers_en
[20]Navigating uncertainty: how the Middle East conflict is shaping expectations and coping strategies of firms — https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/economic-bulletin/focus/2026/html/ecb.ebbox202606_02~b97ea4e6de.fr.html
[22]2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_crisis
[23]Strait of Hormuz disruption would jeopardise 10% of Europe’s LNG imports — https://ieefa.org/resources/strait-hormuz-disruption-would-jeopardise-10-europes-lng-imports
[24]Strait of Hormuz shutdown: What implications for Europe, for how long and how high can prices go? — https://www.euronews.com/2026/03/31/strait-of-hormuz-shutdown-what-implications-for-europe-for-how-long-and-how-high-can-price
[25]European Union & the Strait of Hormuz: exposure, suppliers, reserves — https://straits.live/regions/european-union
[27]Maritime security update: Gulf Region / Strait of Hormuz and Red Sea - Skuld — https://www.skuld.com/topics/port/port-news/asia/maritime-security-update-gulf-region--strait-of-hormuz-and-red-sea/
[28]March2026 N202632 The Economic Policy Research Foundation EVALUATION NOTE — https://tepav.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/upload/files/1773726063989-0.The_strait_of_Hormuz_crisis_Global_supply_chain_risks_and_economic_implications_for_Turkiye.pdf
[29]Chemicals, Hormuz and Chinese competition: 2026 looks set to be another difficult year - Il Sole 24 ORE — https://en.ilsole24ore.com/art/chemicals-hormuz-prices-and-chinese-competition-outlook-remains-negative-for-2026-AJcG1Sq
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