# From Bins to Barges, Delivering Soy Around the World – The Seam

> A United Soybean Board feature describes how soybeans move from farm bins by truck, barge, rail and ship to destinations such as Japan. It highlights a partnership to dredge the lower Mississippi to match shipping capacity with Panama Canal-sized vessels.

- Date: 2022-06-29 · published 2022-06-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16707-from-bins-to-barges-delivering-soy-around-the-world-the-seam
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Lower Mississippi dredging to support larger export vessels could improve US soybean export competitiveness over time, but it is a background feature with no immediate price driver.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2021-10-22 | [Barged grain tonnage shows recovery at Gulf \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44740-barged-grain-tonnage-shows-recovery-at-gulf-world-grain.md) | +0.8% | +3.4% |
| SOY | 2018-07-25 | [Report: Bunge to shutter Argentine soy crushing plant \| World-grain.com \| July 25, 2018 13:55 \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63873-report-bunge-to-shutter-argentine-soy-crushing-plant-world-grain-com-july-25.md) | +5.3% | +1.9% |
| SOY | 2022-03-11 | [Unlocking Potential with Lock and Dam #25 – The Seam](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42465-unlocking-potential-with-lock-and-dam-25-the-seam.md) | -1.9% | -3.2% |
| SOY | 2020-04-20 | [ARTCO Plans New Barge Fleeting Area - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53515-artco-plans-new-barge-fleeting-area-the-waterways-journal.md) | -0.0% | +0.7% |
| SOY | 2023-05-01 | [USDA: Grain barge delays from Mississippi flooding \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16625-usda-grain-barge-delays-from-mississippi-flooding-feed-and-grain.md) | +1.7% | -7.4% |

## Sources

- theseam.com: https://www.theseam.com/from-bins-to-barges-delivering-soy-around-the-world/

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