Independent container hauliers at Chile's Port of San Antonio say their indefinite stoppage will continue, warning they could block fruit exports as the cherry season nears its peak.
Members of Agreporsai, the association of independent port hauliers, have blocked access to container depots in the San Antonio logistics and port zone since the night of 28 October. By the fifth day, association president Manuel Araya said talks had made no progress.
"The negotiating table is at zero," he said. The only concrete offer has come from Maersk, which proposed an extra CLP 1,000 ($1) per trip.
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The hauliers want freight rates updated, saying they have been frozen for years while fuel costs have almost doubled since 2022. They are also calling for four new TAG gantries on Route 78 to be removed, and for a central government official to negotiate in San Antonio rather than Santiago.
According to the association, the stoppage has kept more than 3,000 containers from entering the port and a similar number from leaving. DP World and San Antonio Terminal Internacional (STI) are operating above normal saturation levels, and around 200 trucks are idle.
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