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Low and inconsistent Missouri River levels are limiting barge loads, with the current depth allowing barges to carry up to 1,300 tons. A St. Louis-area barge company says it has struggled for a year to get consistent barge traffic.
Shallow water raises per-ton barge costs and cuts capacity, which supports barge freight rates while weighing on river-served grain movements.
newspressnow.comClayton Anderson News-Press NOWAug 7, 2022Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
