5/19/2021
By Hugh Bronstein and Walter Bianchi
BUENOS AIRES, May 19 (Reuters) - Argentina's grains exports
were bogged down on Wednesday after port workers launched a
strike over what they described as a lack of COVID-19
vaccinations among members, the head of the Port and Maritime
Activities chamber told Reuters by telephone.
In a statement, the port worker unions said they had
launched a strike that will run until late Thursday.
Dock workers who prepare ships to sail were among those on
strike, along with tugboat captains and sailors who guide cargo
ships to and from port, according to the statement.
"All shipping is stopped," Guillermo Wade, head of the CAPyM