# Barges grounded by low water halt Mississippi River traffic | AP News

> Unusually low water on the lower Mississippi is causing barges to become stuck in mud and sand, disrupting shippers, recreational boaters and a cruise line. An industry official said 29% of the US soybean crop moves by barge.

- Date: 2022-10-06 · published 2022-10-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16678-barges-grounded-by-low-water-halt-mississippi-river-traffic-ap-news
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

With a large share of soybean movement reliant on barges, groundings reduce southbound capacity and push soybean basis lower in the interior while raising transport costs.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- BARGE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 2022-10-10 | [Mississippi River reopens to barge traffic after low water closures - U.S. Coast Guard \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16671-mississippi-river-reopens-to-barge-traffic-after-low-water-closures-u-s-coast.md) | +1.2% | +6.2% |
| SOY | 2023-09-21 | [Barge loads reduced as low water impacts Mississippi River \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16605-barge-loads-reduced-as-low-water-impacts-mississippi-river-feed-and-grain.md) | -1.3% | -0.7% |
| SOY | 2017-09-01 | [Closed lock and dam causes Mississippi River traffic jam \| News \| komu.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69131-closed-lock-and-dam-causes-mississippi-river-traffic-jam-news-komu-com.md) | +2.2% | +3.4% |
| SOY | 2018-09-26 | [Mississippi River Vessel Traffic Halted Due to Breakaway Barges North of St. Louis -Army Corps](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62914-mississippi-river-vessel-traffic-halted-due-to-breakaway-barges-north-of-st.md) | +2.4% | +1.4% |

## Sources

- apnews.com: https://apnews.com/article/louisiana-mississippi-missouri-river-us-army-corps-of-engineers-e65a5fd9371384593d6e1f9cf74e6444

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