# Low Water Safety Advisory: MM 167 to MM 303 AHP LMR (12' and Below) – Inland Rivers, Ports & Terminals, INC.

> The Coast Guard in New Orleans issued a low water safety advisory for the Lower Mississippi from Mile 167 to Mile 303 after the Baton Rouge gauge fell to 12 feet or below. Vessels are told to adjust tow sizes and drafts to decreasing channel depths.

- Date: 2023-06-12 · published 2023-06-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16620-low-water-safety-advisory-mm-167-to-mm-303-ahp-lmr-12-and-below-inland-rivers
- 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

Reduced drafts and tow sizes cut barge capacity and raise freight costs, pressuring Gulf export grain basis and barge rates.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼
- BARGE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2024-09-04 | [Low water levels on the Mississippi River impact barges and grain exports before harvest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16513-low-water-levels-on-the-mississippi-river-impact-barges-and-grain-exports.md) | -1.4% | +4.9% |
| 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 | 2022-01-27 | [Low Mississippi River water levels impact river users](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16735-low-mississippi-river-water-levels-impact-river-users.md) | +1.7% | +10.2% |
| CORN | 2026-01-29 | [Low water on US rivers shifts some export paths \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16393-low-water-on-us-rivers-shifts-some-export-paths-world-grain.md) | -0.3% | -0.1% |
| CORN | 2021-09-13 | [U.S. grain exports sink as Gulf terminals struggle to recover from Ida \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44956-u-s-grain-exports-sink-as-gulf-terminals-struggle-to-recover-from-ida-reuters.md) | +0.1% | -3.1% |
| SOY | 2024-09-04 | [Low water levels on the Mississippi River impact barges and grain exports before harvest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16513-low-water-levels-on-the-mississippi-river-impact-barges-and-grain-exports.md) | -2.0% | +6.0% |
| 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% |
| SOY | 2022-01-27 | [Low Mississippi River water levels impact river users](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16735-low-mississippi-river-water-levels-impact-river-users.md) | +7.3% | +15.4% |

## Sources

- irpt.net: https://www.irpt.net/low-water-safety-advisory-mm-167-to-mm-303-ahp-lmr-12-and-below/

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