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

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.

One container line source said that while it had hardly noticed the customs walk-out, the trucker strike was “definitely the bigger topic” as all carriers operating in Brazil would likely be affected.

Brazil cargo director for KLM Renata de Souza Branco told ...