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Strikes Halt Grains Exports from Rosario Hub

Maritime Activity Reports, Inc.

July 17, 2014

Multiple strikes paralyzed all grains exports from Argentina's pivotal Rosario export hub on Thursday, the president of the Rosario port chamber said.

"All work is at a standstill. Vessels cannot be loaded or unloaded, nor trucks, nor freight trains. Everything is paralyzed," Guillermo Wade told Reuters.

(Reporting by Maximilian Heath; Writing by Richard Lough; Editing by Jeffrey Benkoe)