# Truckers unblock Chile's main port and end strike

> Independent truckers ended their strike at Chile's San Antonio port after agreeing to an 8% increase in transport tariffs. The blockade had disrupted fruit logistics and forced the first dedicated cherry-export vessel to depart from another port.

- Date: 2026-11-07 · published 2026-11-07T12:15:33.185Z
- Category: logistics · region Chile · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/85949-truckers-unblock-chile-s-main-port-and-end-strike
- 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

Resumption of truck and port operations should ease delays to Chilean fruit exports; no direct feed-commodity price effect is indicated.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2021-11-25 | [Port of Vancouver truckers threaten to strike - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44092-port-of-vancouver-truckers-threaten-to-strike-freightwaves.md) | -0.8% | -3.5% |
| WHEAT | 2025-03-17 | [French port and dock workers union call off 72-hour strike \| RailFreight.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25581-french-port-and-dock-workers-union-call-off-72-hour-strike-railfreight-com.md) | +5.3% | +2.5% |
| WHEAT | 2021-11-29 | [Port of Vancouver truckers issue strike notice - DredgeWire : DredgeWire](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43626-port-of-vancouver-truckers-issue-strike-notice-dredgewire-dredgewire.md) | -1.1% | -3.5% |
| 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 | 2018-10-25 | [Global Ports Forum  » Blog Archive   » Argentina truck drivers end strike, no impact on grains transport \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62550-global-ports-forum-blog-archive-argentina-truck-drivers-end-strike-no-impact-on.md) | +0.1% | -4.2% |

## Sources

- infobae.com: https://www.infobae.com/america/agencias/2026/11/07/camioneros-desbloquean-el-principal-puerto-de-chile-y-levantan-paro/

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