July 03, 2013

03/07/13: Truck strike delays Brazilian grain; Russian grain harvest underway; Silos Cordoba is a top exporter in Andalucia

Grain deliveries at Brazil's largest port in Santos have been delayed due to a strike by truck workers. Reuters reports that two thirds of of grains are delivered to Santos by trucks.

The trucker's union MUBC, is demanding a subsidy for diesel fuel, exemptions on highway toll payments for drivers and the creation of a new federal government department of cargo transportation.

Despite fewer deliveries, shipments have continued because exporting firms hold grains in private storage units to minimize the effect of interruptions in ground transport

Russia sped up its grain harvest to avoid losses from wet weather in the southern areas.

Farmers reaped 8.5 million metric tons of cereals by the start of July, the Moscow-based Agriculture Ministry said on its website, up from 4.9 million tons a year earlier. They gathered 6.8 million tons of wheat, against 4.3 million tons last year, from 7.6 percent of the planted area.

Silos Cordoba is the sixth largest export company in Cordoba, Spain according to the journal Economic Andalucia. Congratulations to all at Silos Cordoba.


Containers at Santos port
Containers at Santos port (Photo credit: markhillary)
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