LONDON, June 9 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia is on course to deliver more jet fuel to Europe this month than it did when the Strait of Hormuz was open, data from shipping trackers Kpler and Vortexa shows, underscoring the importance of Saudi’s bolstered exports via the Red Sea.
EU and UK jet fuel imports from Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea port of Yanbu stood at 118,000 barrels per day in the first week of June, their highest levels since August 2025, data from Kpler shows. Vortexa estimated the flows at 140,000 bpd.
Its monthly high this year was 77,000 bpd in January, Kpler data shows.
State firm Saudi Aramco declined to comment on the rising jet exports to Europe.
In 2025, the Middle East collectively was Europe’s main supplier of jet fuel at some 300,000 bpd delivered via the Strait of Hormuz. Europe’s total imports averaged 550,000 bpd, including imports from India, Nigeria and the U.S., according to Kpler.
With the strait effectively closed because of the Iran war, Saudi Arabia has instead stepped up exports via the Red Sea port of Yanbu.
Those exports, if sustained, would help Europe plug a jet fuel import gap and further illustrates how the closure of the Strait of Hormuz is affecting global jet fuel flows.
Europe has also increased its jet fuel imports from the U.S. and Nigeria, which averaged around 200,000 bpd in May.
The International Energy Agency previously said Europe could start seeing some of jet fuel by June, although European airlines have downplayed fears of a summer shortage.
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