Soybean Trucks Pile Up at Miritituba as Record Harvest Stresses Amazon River Export Hub
Truck drivers are facing prolonged delays to offload soybeans at the Miritituba river terminal in Brazil’s Amazon basin as a record harvest of about 180 million metric tons strains export logistics. The congestion, compounded by Indigenous protests at a nearby transshipment facility and the government’s revocation of a decree supporting waterway ex…