# WIMOs Session Teaches About Weather’s Impact On Nav Industry - The Waterways Journal

> Marquette Transportation's Gary Frayser spoke to the west Kentucky chapter of Women in Maritime Operations on January 27 about how weather and river stages affect navigation. He explained that the system needs rain roughly every two weeks and that barge loads depend on water depth.

- Date: 2023-02-04 · published 2023-02-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16652-wimos-session-teaches-about-weather-s-impact-on-nav-industry-the-waterways
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Weather-driven river levels set how deeply barges can load, which directly affects freight rates and grain transport costs. The session is educational, with no new supply shock.

## Read by commodity

- BARGE: neutral

## Sources

- waterwaysjournal.net: https://www.waterwaysjournal.net/2023/02/04/wimos-session-teaches-about-weathers-impact-on-nav-industry/

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