# Back to Business: BL Duke River Terminal Prepares for Illinois Waterway Reopening

> BL Duke River Terminal is preparing to resume normal operations as repairs on the Illinois Waterway near completion. Northbound traffic from New Orleans resumed in early October, and southbound traffic from Chicago is expected to resume in early November.

- Date: 2020-10-23 · published 2020-10-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/12440-back-to-business-bl-duke-river-terminal-prepares-for-illinois-waterway-reopening
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Reopening the Illinois Waterway eases barge capacity constraints and should lower freight costs for grain shipped through Illinois River elevators. That is mildly bearish for barge freight rates.

## Read by commodity

- BARGE: bearish ▼

## Sources

- prweb.com: https://www.prweb.com/releases/back-to-business-bl-duke-river-terminal-prepares-for-illinois-waterway-reopening-877703104.html

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