Five shipping lines warn Uruguay the port dispute is damaging its international standing

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Five major shipping lines warned Uruguay's government that a labour dispute at Montevideo's Terminal Cuenca del Plata is causing serious commercial and economic harm. They said the dispute has also damaged the country's international standing.

Five of the main shipping lines operating at the port of Montevideo have warned the Uruguayan government that the labour dispute at the Terminal Cuenca del Plata is causing "severe economic and commercial harm" and has "severely damaged Uruguay's international prestige", in a letter addressed to six ministers.