Argentina’s Quequen port due to a protest staged by a small group of truckers<\/a>, port data showed on Thursday, as exporters estimated losses in the hundreds of millions of dollars.<\/p>\nThe truckers began a strike on April 7, blockiReutersng access to the Bahia Blanca and Quequen ports, demanding higher freight rates after fuel prices rose nearly 30% this year due to the Middle East conflict.<\/p>\n
According to port data updated through Wednesday, the vessels were waiting to load a total of 159,000 metric tons of sunflower seed, 109,000 tons of corn, 99,000 tons of barley and 92,000 tons of wheat.<\/p>\n
“This situation in Quequen has become unsustainable. We are prevented from operating at all terminals in the port,” Gustavo Idigoras, head of the CIARA-CEC chamber of grain exporters and processors, told Reuters.<\/p>\n
He added that losses from the delays amounted to around $300 million.<\/p>\n
Argentina is the world’s third-largest exporter of soybeans and corn, and a key global supplier of wheat and sunflower seed. The Quequen terminal handles 20% of the country’s soybean exports.<\/p>\n
Destinations for the delayed vessels include Vietnam, China, Brazil, Malaysia and Spain, among others.<\/p>\n
(Reuters)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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April 23, 2026
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