# Port strikes disrupt Rotterdam and Belgian terminals, threatening fresh produce supply chains | Fruitnet

> Lasher strikes at Rotterdam halted container terminal operations on October 8, 2025, and Belgian harbour pilots began a slowdown at Antwerp, Zeebrugge and Ghent on October 5 over pension reforms. Maersk warned of serious vessel delays for northern European ports.

- Date: 2025-10-09 · published 2025-10-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Europe · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/22408-port-strikes-disrupt-rotterdam-and-belgian-terminals-threatening-fresh-produce
- Commodities: [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Port delays in northern Europe raise shipping times and costs for imported feed raw materials, which can widen delivered premiums for soybean meal and other feed inputs into the EU.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- OCEANFRT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2023-04-24 | [Argentine transporters strike, threatening grains shipments \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13971-argentine-transporters-strike-threatening-grains-shipments-financial-post.md) | -1.9% | -7.8% |
| SBM | 2021-01-21 | [Teamsters protesting and blocking Argentine highways threaten domestic supplies and grain exports — MercoPress](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49135-teamsters-protesting-and-blocking-argentine-highways-threaten-domestic-supplies.md) | -1.0% | -1.5% |
| SBM | 2022-06-29 | [Argentine trucker protest slashes grains delivery, threatening exports and milling \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14024-argentine-trucker-protest-slashes-grains-delivery-threatening-exports-and.md) | -1.1% | +3.0% |
| SBM | 2020-03-13 | [Terminal operator EBS in Rotterdam flat from 3pm due to strike – Flows](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54142-terminal-operator-ebs-in-rotterdam-flat-from-3pm-due-to-strike-flows.md) | +5.4% | -2.0% |
| SBM | 2020-12-23 | [Weather and ports' strike in Argentina boosting soy and cereals prices — MercoPress](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49495-weather-and-ports-strike-in-argentina-boosting-soy-and-cereals-prices-mercopress.md) | +4.2% | +6.7% |

## Sources

- fruitnet.com: https://www.fruitnet.com/eurofruit/port-strikes-threaten-northern-european-fresh-produce-supply-chains/269206.article

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