# Mississippi River reopens to barge traffic after low water closures - U.S. Coast Guard | Reuters

> The U.S. Coast Guard reopened the Mississippi River to barge traffic after low-water closures had halted shipments. A vessel queue had grown to over 100 tow boats and at least 2,000 barges, pushing freight rates and grain barge premiums to historic highs. Draft restrictions and limits on barges per tow remained in place.

- Date: 2022-10-10 · published 2022-10-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16671-mississippi-river-reopens-to-barge-traffic-after-low-water-closures-u-s-coast
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Reopening eases the bottleneck for corn, soybeans and wheat moving to Gulf export terminals, but restrictions keep capacity tight and freight costs elevated, supporting higher delivered feed grain costs in the interior.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼
- BARGE: bearish ▼
- WHEAT: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2022-09-29 | [Low water on the Mississippi River impacting barge traffic \| AP News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16679-low-water-on-the-mississippi-river-impacting-barge-traffic-ap-news.md) | +1.7% | +4.0% |
| CORN | 2022-11-07 | [Mississippi River's Low Levels Causing Barge Traffic Issues](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10337-mississippi-river-s-low-levels-causing-barge-traffic-issues.md) | -0.7% | -5.4% |
| CORN | 2023-05-01 | [Flood Waters Continue to Stop Barge Traffic on Upper Mississippi](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36107-flood-waters-continue-to-stop-barge-traffic-on-upper-mississippi.md) | +0.3% | -1.8% |
| CORN | 2023-04-24 | [Swollen Upper Mississippi River Stalls Barge Traffic](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36574-swollen-upper-mississippi-river-stalls-barge-traffic.md) | -0.7% | -9.9% |
| CORN | 2023-09-07 | [Barge rates pressured by low Mississippi River water levels \| Supply Chain Dive](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34291-barge-rates-pressured-by-low-mississippi-river-water-levels-supply-chain-dive.md) | -1.2% | -6.8% |
| SOY | 2022-10-06 | [Barges grounded by low water halt Mississippi River traffic \| AP News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16678-barges-grounded-by-low-water-halt-mississippi-river-traffic-ap-news.md) | +1.9% | +5.1% |
| SOY | 2022-11-07 | [Mississippi River's Low Levels Causing Barge Traffic Issues](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10337-mississippi-river-s-low-levels-causing-barge-traffic-issues.md) | +0.3% | -0.9% |
| SOY | 2023-05-01 | [Flood Waters Continue to Stop Barge Traffic on Upper Mississippi](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36107-flood-waters-continue-to-stop-barge-traffic-on-upper-mississippi.md) | +1.7% | -7.4% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/mississippi-river-reopens-barge-traffic-after-low-water-closures-us-coast-guard-2022-10-10/

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