News / Cargo chaos in Brazil as truckers' strike hits fuel deliveries and closes factories

Brazil is no stranger to strikes. Here, civil servants stage a walk-out in March 2016 © Luizsouzarj

31/05/2018

Brazil’s transport sector is coming under increasing pressure from multiple strikes causing fuel shortages forcing cancelled cargo operations.

Last week, the country’s customs officers began a 30-day walk-out over pay and, days later, trucking ground to a halt when drivers went on strike over increasing fuel prices, erecting road blockades in 25 of Brazil’s 27 states.

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