BUENOS AIRES, June 6 (Reuters) – Argentine grain ports in the Rosario area operated normally on Thursday, despite a strike by a union linked to maritime activities, said the head of the Chamber of Port and Maritime Activities. (CAPYM).
The 48-hour measure of force began at midnight on Thursday and is carried out by the tugboats of the Maritime and River Union Federation, demanding salary improvements.
Argentina is a key global food exporter and more than 80% of shipments in this sector leave ports located north of the city of Rosario.
“For now (there is) nothing affected, (it is) everything calm,” Guillermo Wade, manager of CAPyM, told Reuters, detailing that port operations were normal.
The measure of force occurs at a time of greater activity in Argentine ports, in the midst of the corn and soybean harvests, the country’s two main agricultural products.
Meanwhile, the union said that, given concerns about a possible shortage of energy supply, the tugboats, which guide the vessels that supply thermoelectric plants and LNG gas carriers, will continue to operate. (Reporting by Maximilian Heath and Natalia Siniawski; Editing by Eliana Raszewski)
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