# Argentine truck strike pressures more ports, lowers grain cargos

> A truck owners' strike that began the previous week, demanding mandatory minimum grain hauling rates, slowed the loading of export cargo ships at Argentine ports on Thursday. The stoppage also slowed deliveries of soybeans to crushing and meal plants.

- Date: 2018-02-08 · published 2018-02-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Argentina · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/66508-argentine-truck-strike-pressures-more-ports-lowers-grain-cargos
- Commodities: [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Argentina is the world's largest soymeal exporter, so slower loadings tighten near-term export supply and support soymeal and soybean prices for feed buyers.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- SOY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2021-02-03 | [Argentine Grain Exports Hit by Trucker Strike \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48462-argentine-grain-exports-hit-by-trucker-strike-feed-and-grain.md) | +1.9% | -1.7% |
| SBM | 2020-11-09 | [Argentine Grain Port Workers Strike Over Wages](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50155-argentine-grain-port-workers-strike-over-wages.md) | +1.5% | +1.1% |
| SBM | 2018-02-09 | [Ships Queue as Truck Strike Slows Argentina Grain Exports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66346-ships-queue-as-truck-strike-slows-argentina-grain-exports.md) | +9.4% | +8.8% |
| 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% |
| 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 | 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) | -2.3% | -13.6% |
| 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 | 2019-09-07 | [Argentine oil workers begin strike  - Ships & Ports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57098-argentine-oil-workers-begin-strike-ships-and-ports.md) | +4.7% | +8.4% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/article/argentina-grains-strike/argentine-truck-strike-pressures-more-ports-lowers-grain-cargos-idUSL2N1PY1IL/?feedName=companyNews&feedType=RSS

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