# MVTTC Highlights Strengths, Opportunities On The Lower Miss - The Waterways Journal

> A March 14, 2025 Waterways Journal article reports on the Mississippi Valley Trade and Transport Conference held February 27 in New Orleans. Speakers projected a positive outlook for river and ocean transportation while acknowledging uncertainties, and Louisiana proposed dredging an expanded Pilottown Anchorage.

- Date: 2025-03-14 · published 2025-03-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16462-mvttc-highlights-strengths-opportunities-on-the-lower-miss-the-waterways-journal
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Infrastructure plans and deeper channels support long-run Gulf export logistics, but they have little near-term effect on grain or freight prices.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2024-10-25 | [Low Water 'Three-peats' On Upper, Middle Miss - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16499-low-water-three-peats-on-upper-middle-miss-the-waterways-journal.md) | -1.7% | +0.1% |
| CORN | 2019-09-19 | [Grounding Temporarily Closes Lower Miss - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56943-grounding-temporarily-closes-lower-miss-the-waterways-journal.md) | +2.3% | +4.2% |
| CORN | 2022-10-21 | [Low Water And Mississippi River Drafts - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16676-low-water-and-mississippi-river-drafts-the-waterways-journal.md) | -0.9% | -1.4% |
| CORN | 2023-08-25 | [Low Water Continues For Middle Mississippi - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16608-low-water-continues-for-middle-mississippi-the-waterways-journal.md) | -2.2% | -9.0% |
| CORN | 2019-09-27 | [Upper Mississippi River On The Rise Again - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56949-upper-mississippi-river-on-the-rise-again-the-waterways-journal.md) | -0.5% | +0.9% |
| SOY | 2024-10-25 | [Low Water 'Three-peats' On Upper, Middle Miss - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16499-low-water-three-peats-on-upper-middle-miss-the-waterways-journal.md) | -1.4% | -1.9% |
| SOY | 2019-09-19 | [Grounding Temporarily Closes Lower Miss - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56943-grounding-temporarily-closes-lower-miss-the-waterways-journal.md) | +0.1% | +4.4% |
| SOY | 2022-10-21 | [Low Water And Mississippi River Drafts - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16676-low-water-and-mississippi-river-drafts-the-waterways-journal.md) | -0.7% | +1.8% |

## Sources

- waterwaysjournal.net: https://www.waterwaysjournal.net/2025/03/14/mvttc-highlights-strengths-opportunities-on-the-lower-miss/

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