Rosario export cereals business reduced to chaos

The conflict, which has negatively impacted 7,000 haulage vehicles, broke out following the dismissal of 1,300 workers at the Vuelta de Obligado generating station at Timbúes, where a dispute continue between the government and construction contractors. It then spread throughout the Rosario area, where some 22 port terminals are located along an 80km stretch of coast. Here, workers affiliated to the Federation of Oilseed, Cotton Ginners and Allied Trades have also come out on an indefinite strike, with knock on effects throughout the whole region.

According to the Argentina’s oilseed industry body Ciara, the strike has not yet impacted on the dispatch of vessels within the ports, because exporters are drawing upon stocks already in place at 40 affected plants. However, the longer the strike continues, the more likely it is that stocks will run out.

In the meantime, the road haulage business is in chaos, with many trucks parked on the hard verges of the approach roads to many of the cereals plants, awaiting a resolution to the conflict.