# Argentina's Atlantic ports paralysed as lorry drivers strike deepens - Fastmarkets

> Independent truckers under the TUDA group launched an indefinite strike that has halted grain lorry arrivals at the Bahia Blanca and Necochea ports on Argentina's Atlantic coast. Grain lorry arrivals nationally fell to 1,322 on Friday from 6,442 a week earlier, and grain loadings at Rosario ports were also affected.

- Date: 2021-01-22 · published 2021-01-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Argentina · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/49133-argentina-s-atlantic-ports-paralysed-as-lorry-drivers-strike-deepens-fastmarkets
- Commodities: [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Disrupted truck deliveries cut Argentine soy, meal and corn export loadings, tightening nearby supply and supporting global soymeal and corn prices while buyers scramble for alternative origins.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2020-12-14 | [Argentina's soybean crushers pull meal, oil offers as strikes continue - Fastmarkets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49721-argentina-s-soybean-crushers-pull-meal-oil-offers-as-strikes-continue.md) | +5.6% | +21.5% |
| SBM | 2020-10-14 | [Argentine crush workers launch strike action over wage demands - Fastmarkets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50481-argentine-crush-workers-launch-strike-action-over-wage-demands-fastmarkets.md) | +3.7% | +10.1% |
| SBM | 2020-09-28 | [Argentine port strike paralyzes the country's grain exports - DatamarNews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51123-argentine-port-strike-paralyzes-the-country-s-grain-exports-datamarnews.md) | +3.7% | +14.7% |
| 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 | 2026-02-19 | [Argentine Labor Strike Hits Ports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13811-argentine-labor-strike-hits-ports.md) | +5.7% | +6.9% |
| SOY | 2020-10-14 | [Argentine crush workers launch strike action over wage demands - Fastmarkets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50481-argentine-crush-workers-launch-strike-action-over-wage-demands-fastmarkets.md) | +1.9% | +9.0% |
| SOY | 2020-09-28 | [Argentine port strike paralyzes the country's grain exports - DatamarNews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51123-argentine-port-strike-paralyzes-the-country-s-grain-exports-datamarnews.md) | +1.8% | +8.1% |
| SOY | 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) | -0.9% | +10.9% |

## Sources

- fastmarkets.com: https://www.fastmarkets.com/insights/argentina-s-atlantic-ports-paralysed-as-lorry-drivers-strike-deepens/

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