# South African port strike toll grows as operator to meet unions | Air Freight News

> South Africa's state-owned port and rail company and labour unions were to meet again after a strike starting October 6 cut staff at key ports that export iron ore and coal. Agricultural shipments, including citrus and fruit, are also at risk, and a union rejected Transnet's pay offer.

- Date: 2022-10-12 · published 2022-10-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region South Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/39154-south-african-port-strike-toll-grows-as-operator-to-meet-unions-air-freight-news
- Commodities: [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md)

## Why it matters

Prolonged port strikes slow agricultural exports from South Africa, a major citrus exporter, which can tighten regional supply but has limited global feed price impact.

## Read by commodity

- OCEANFRT: bullish ▲

## Sources

- airfreight.news: https://airfreight.news/articles/full/south-african-port-strike-toll-grows-as-operator-to-meet-unions

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