# Water rising on Mississippi, barges moving more freely south of Memphis - FreightWaves

> Water levels on the lower Mississippi at Memphis rose to about 0.47 feet after rain, easing barge restrictions after recording near-record lows in October. The Coast Guard reported no barge backups at Memphis that week. Levels between St. Louis and Cairo still pose problems, so movement has not returned to normal.

- Date: 2022-12-06 · published 2022-12-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16664-water-rising-on-mississippi-barges-moving-more-freely-south-of-memphis
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Higher river levels allow fuller barge loads, which should lower freight rates and ease pressure on Gulf export basis. The gains are partial while the stretch from St. Louis to Cairo stays constrained.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲
- BARGE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2019-07-26 | [Barge traffic on Mississippi slowly recovering - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57963-barge-traffic-on-mississippi-slowly-recovering-freightwaves.md) | -4.0% | -3.0% |
| SOY | 2020-08-03 | [Funding go-ahead for Mississippi River deepening seen as boon for exports - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51505-funding-go-ahead-for-mississippi-river-deepening-seen-as-boon-for-exports.md) | -3.0% | +5.9% |
| SOY | 2019-08-16 | [Mississippi River Congestion Still Weighs on Soybean Market](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57485-mississippi-river-congestion-still-weighs-on-soybean-market.md) | -0.2% | +3.1% |
| SOY | 2022-11-18 | [Navigation Pinch Point on Mississippi River Moves North](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38712-navigation-pinch-point-on-mississippi-river-moves-north.md) | +1.4% | +4.4% |
| SOY | 2020-08-11 | [Dredging of Mississippi River means more soybeans moved to port \| Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51510-dredging-of-mississippi-river-means-more-soybeans-moved-to-port-iowa.md) | +4.1% | +11.0% |

## Sources

- freightwaves.com: https://www.freightwaves.com/news/water-rising-on-mississippi-barges-moving-more-freely-south-of-memphis

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