# Juba, Congo food aid stuck in port over strike - The EastAfrican

> More than 1,000 casual cargo workers at the Port of Mombasa went on strike, leaving warehouses shut and containers stranded. Humanitarian food shipments for WFP and maize imports from Tanzania were held up.

- Date: 2025-07-26 · published 2025-07-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Kenya · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/23758-juba-congo-food-aid-stuck-in-port-over-strike-the-eastafrican
- 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 disruption is confined to East African port handling and affects only a small share of global grain flows, so the price impact is minimal.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2022-06-22 | [Fears over impact of rail strike on Port of Felixstowe containers \| East Anglian Daily Times](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40939-fears-over-impact-of-rail-strike-on-port-of-felixstowe-containers-east-anglian.md) | +1.8% | -4.6% |
| WHEAT | 2022-04-13 | [Federal Revenue strike keeps Argentine wheat stuck in the Port of Santos - DatamarNews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41862-federal-revenue-strike-keeps-argentine-wheat-stuck-in-the-port-of-santos.md) | -0.5% | +6.1% |
| WHEAT | 2022-08-22 | [Food import disruption expected as Felixstowe port workers strike \| News \| The Grocer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40074-food-import-disruption-expected-as-felixstowe-port-workers-strike-news-the.md) | -9.3% | -9.7% |
| WHEAT | 2018-12-18 | [Port strike turns violent in Chile, complicates fruit exports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61598-port-strike-turns-violent-in-chile-complicates-fruit-exports.md) | -1.8% | -2.2% |
| WHEAT | 2022-01-26 | [BNSF unions can't strike over attendance policy, judge rules](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43164-bnsf-unions-can-t-strike-over-attendance-policy-judge-rules.md) | -2.3% | -0.2% |

## Sources

- theeastafrican.co.ke: https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business-tech/juba-congo-food-aid-stuck-in-port-over-strike-5132830

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