# Spanish Ports Rebound Fast After 24-Hour Strike

> A 24-hour general strike on 11 November halted stevedoring at Algeciras, Valencia and Barcelona. By 13 November, Barcelona logged 41 ship departures, and departures at all three ports were above their pre-strike averages with no vessel queues.

- Date: 2026-11-15 · published 2026-11-15T21:18:45.347Z
- Category: logistics · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/101845-spanish-ports-rebound-fast-after-24-hour-strike
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md), [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

The quick recovery means little lasting disruption to Spanish container flows, so the price effect on feed commodities is minimal.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2017-03-17 | [Spanish port strike averted \| Article \| Fruitnet](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72011-spanish-port-strike-averted-article-fruitnet.md) | -2.9% | -0.0% |
| WHEAT | 2017-02-23 | [Spanish port strike to go ahead \| Article \| Fruitnet](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72504-spanish-port-strike-to-go-ahead-article-fruitnet.md) | -0.2% | -2.4% |
| WHEAT | 2025-05-21 | [Port Strikes Threaten Pulp and Paper Exports - Fastmarkets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24674-port-strikes-threaten-pulp-and-paper-exports-fastmarkets.md) | -0.4% | +1.4% |
| WHEAT | 2017-06-06 | [Spanish food exporters call on dockworkers to end strike](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70491-spanish-food-exporters-call-on-dockworkers-to-end-strike.md) | -1.0% | +2.0% |
| WHEAT | 2026-02-19 | [Argentine Labor Strike Hits Ports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13811-argentine-labor-strike-hits-ports.md) | +1.8% | +3.6% |

## Sources

- waybillwire.com: https://waybillwire.com/articles/barcelona-logs-41-ship-departures-as-spanish-ports-rebound-from-strike

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