Road blockades throughout Brazil have disrupted transportation on important routes in five different states, with access to main steel trade hub, S??o Francisco do Sul port, cut off by truckers' demonstrations, Fastmarkets learned on Thursday September 9.
The port of S??o Francisco do Sul, in Brazil's southern state of Santa Catarina, had to stop unloading ships on Wednesday September 8, two sources with knowledge of the matter said.SCPar, the state-run controlling shareholder of the port, had not responded to Fastmarkets' requests for comment at the time...