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BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentina’s Parana River, the grains superhighway that takes soy and corn from the Pampas farm belt to the world, has gotten so shallow that it has started “trimming” international shipments just as the country’s export season gets underway.
FILE PHOTO: An overview of the port of Rosario, Argentina, on the shore of the Parana river is seen on January 16, 2016. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci//File Photo
The level of the Parana at the export hub of Rosario, home to some of the biggest soy crushing plants in the world, was a scant 0.90 meters on Wednesday, according to the Coast Guard.
(Adds extension of the strike, and additional union joining the work stoppage)By Hugh Bronstein and Walter BianchiBUENOS AIRES, May 19 (Reuters) - Argentina's grains exports were paralyzed 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
Argentine port workers extend strike, halting grains exports
Argentina’s grains exports were paralyzed 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 the strike would run until late on Friday. Earlier the labor groups said they would end the work stoppage on Thursday, but they extended the strike due to what they called government inaction over their demands.
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. In addition, dock-side grains inspectors represented by the powerful Urgara union said on Wednesday they were joining the work stoppage.
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