# Argentine oilseed and grain shipments under threat from new strike…

> Argentine grain and oilseed shipments face disruption from ongoing port and logistics strikes by workers demanding COVID-19 vaccines. Unions including Fempinra and Urgara held 24-hour and 48-hour stoppages, paralysing shipments at Rosario, Quequén and Bahía Blanca. Low Paraná River water levels compound the delays.

- Date: 2021-06-03 · published 2021-06-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Argentina · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/46406-argentine-oilseed-and-grain-shipments-under-threat-from-new-strike
- Commodities: [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Stalled port loadings and river constraints slow Argentine meal, oil and corn exports, tightening nearby supply and supporting prices for soymeal, soyoil and corn while widening freight costs.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- SBO: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲
- BARGE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2021-05-20 | [New strike actions renew pressure on Argentine grain shipments - Fastmarkets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46937-new-strike-actions-renew-pressure-on-argentine-grain-shipments-fastmarkets.md) | -3.8% | -6.5% |
| 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 | 2025-02-26 | [Argentine oilseed union threatens strike in key soy processing plants](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13877-argentine-oilseed-union-threatens-strike-in-key-soy-processing-plants.md) | -2.1% | +0.9% |
| SBM | 2020-12-01 | [Argentina Port Workers Strike, Affect Shipments \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49664-argentina-port-workers-strike-affect-shipments-feed-and-grain.md) | -1.7% | +8.6% |
| SBM | 2021-05-24 | [Strike Hits Grain Exports at Argentine Port \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47128-strike-hits-grain-exports-at-argentine-port-feed-and-grain.md) | -0.7% | -6.8% |
| SBO | 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) | -1.4% | -12.4% |
| SBO | 2025-02-26 | [Argentine oilseed union threatens strike in key soy processing plants](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13877-argentine-oilseed-union-threatens-strike-in-key-soy-processing-plants.md) | -5.7% | -5.1% |
| SBO | 2026-02-19 | [The Argentine maritime workers’ strike for reform of labor halts grain shipments](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20631-the-argentine-maritime-workers-strike-for-reform-of-labor-halts-grain-shipments.md) | +2.7% | +1.3% |

## Sources

- ofimagazine.com: https://www.ofimagazine.com/news/argentine-oilseed-and-grain-shipments-under-threat-from-new-strike-action

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