# Chilean port reels from crippling strikes | News | Port Strategy

> A strike beginning November 16 has crippled the Chilean port of Valparaiso, with most terminals blockaded by casual workers. More than 20,000 containers had been diverted by the tenth day of the strike. Revenue losses had reached $3.5 million at that point.

- Date: 2018-12-06 · published 2018-12-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Chile · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61603-chilean-port-reels-from-crippling-strikes-news-port-strategy
- 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 strike mainly disrupts container and fruit flows, with little direct effect on feed grain or protein prices. It remains a logistics risk for Chilean trade routes.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2017-11-21 | [Strike at key Chilean port ends, salmon shipments restart - Undercurrent News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67993-strike-at-key-chilean-port-ends-salmon-shipments-restart-undercurrent-news.md) | -0.0% | +0.1% |
| WHEAT | 2026-06-11 | [Senate report urges action to prevent supply chain disruptions from rail, port strikes - Truck News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18796-senate-report-urges-action-to-prevent-supply-chain-disruptions-from-rail-port.md) | +4.2% | +1.7% |
| 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 | 2016-12-28 | [Strike notice received from LPC - Cubic Transport Services](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73501-strike-notice-received-from-lpc-cubic-transport-services.md) | -0.5% | +1.6% |
| WHEAT | 2025-08-29 | [Unions to escalate CBH Kwinana port strike - News for Winners](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23332-unions-to-escalate-cbh-kwinana-port-strike-news-for-winners.md) | -0.3% | -0.7% |

## Sources

- portstrategy.com: https://www.portstrategy.com/chilean-port-reels-from-crippling-strikes/1093291.article

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