# Spanish port strike to go ahead | Article | Fruitnet

> Spanish port workers plan a three-week walkout on alternate days from 6 March if the government approves a port labour reform. An earlier strike was suspended, and a go-slow at Valencia has already cut productivity by about 30 per cent.

- Date: 2017-02-23 · published 2017-02-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Spain · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72504-spanish-port-strike-to-go-ahead-article-fruitnet
- 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

Prolonged action could slow Spanish exports to non-EU markets reached by sea. Most fruit and vegetable exports move by truck, so the feed-market effect is limited.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2017-03-17 | [Spanish port strike averted \| Article \| Fruitnet](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72011-spanish-port-strike-averted-article-fruitnet.md) | -2.9% | -0.0% |
| WHEAT | 2018-12-18 | [Bown issues stark warning as port strike continues \| Article \| Fruitnet](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61601-bown-issues-stark-warning-as-port-strike-continues-article-fruitnet.md) | -1.8% | -2.2% |
| WHEAT | 2017-06-06 | [Spanish food exporters call on dockworkers to end strike](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70491-spanish-food-exporters-call-on-dockworkers-to-end-strike.md) | -1.0% | +2.0% |
| WHEAT | 2017-03-03 | [Spanish fruit producers association says dockworkers' strike threatens exports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72012-spanish-fruit-producers-association-says-dockworkers-strike-threatens-exports.md) | +0.0% | +0.2% |
| 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% |

## Sources

- fruitnet.com: https://www.fruitnet.com/eurofruit/spanish-port-strike-to-go-ahead/171456.article

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