# Port bans choke Qatar's commodity trade as gas supply worries grow

> Qatar is rerouting LNG tankers to Singapore and Gibraltar for refueling after the UAE closed its port of Fujairah to Qatari ships. Trade sources warn that this could raise shipping costs and delay deliveries to Qatar's customers worldwide.

- Date: 2017-06-06 · published 2017-06-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region Qatar · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70690-port-bans-choke-qatar-s-commodity-trade-as-gas-supply-worries-grow
- Commodities: [Natural Gas](https://feedsoft.ai/c/NATGAS.md)

## Why it matters

Diplomatic port bans disrupt LNG logistics and raise freight costs, which tightens the gas market and supports gas prices. Higher energy costs feed through to fertilizer and processing expenses.

## Read by commodity

- NATGAS: bullish ▲

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NATGAS | 2026-10-29 | [The Commodities Feed: European gas tops EUR100 as supply fears grow \| ING THINK](https://feedsoft.ai/events/261-the-commodities-feed-european-gas-tops-eur100-as-supply-fears-grow-ing-think.md) | -1.8% | — |
| NATGAS | 2026-06-23 | [Natural gas: Heat and outages support prices – Commerzbank](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18986-natural-gas-heat-and-outages-support-prices-commerzbank.md) | +1.5% | -11.7% |
| NATGAS | 2024-06-03 | [Nat-Gas Prices Soar as an Outage Cuts Norwegian Gas Supplies](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7806-nat-gas-prices-soar-as-an-outage-cuts-norwegian-gas-supplies.md) | +24.9% | +9.1% |
| NATGAS | 2022-07-29 | [European Natural Gas, Asian LNG Prices Soar on NS1 Supply Cuts](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40665-european-natural-gas-asian-lng-prices-soar-on-ns1-supply-cuts.md) | -2.1% | +11.7% |
| NATGAS | 2026-04-01 | [How the Iran War Is Disrupting Global Oil and Gas Supply](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20364-how-the-iran-war-is-disrupting-global-oil-and-gas-supply.md) | -4.5% | -9.0% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/article/business/port-bans-choke-qatars-commodity-trade-as-gas-supply-worries-grow-idUSKBN18X1PN/

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