date:Mar 17, 2014
A soyabean ship has run aground in Argentina's main grains hub of Rosario, the head of the port chamber said on Thursday, slowing exports from one of the world's top food suppliers just ahead of high Southern Hemisphere shipping season. The blockage of 80 percent of Rosario's main waterway started on Saturday, was expected to last until Monday and comes less than a month ahead of main soya and corn harvesting.
The vessel carrying 45,000 tonnes of Paraguayan soyabeans got snagged on the bottom