# Navigation Bulletin No. 26-64_Mississippi River - Rvierbank Degradation Mile 120.3-120.5 – Inland Rivers, Ports & Terminals, INC.

> The Army Corps of Engineers ordered barge operators to avoid pushing vessels into the Mississippi riverbank between miles 120.3 and 120.5 above Head of Passes. Repeated barge contact has degraded the bank and it is encroaching on the levee system. Vessels must proceed at slowest speed in the reach.

- Date: 2026-07-03 · published 2026-07-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/18545-navigation-bulletin-no-26-64-mississippi-river-rvierbank-degradation-mile-120-3
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Speed restrictions and a no-push zone slow tows on a key Mississippi reach, adding transit time and freight cost for grain barges and modestly tightening barge capacity.

## Read by commodity

- BARGE: bullish ▲

## Sources

- irpt.net: https://www.irpt.net/navigation-bulletin-no-26-64_mississippi-river-rvierbank-degradation-mile-120-3-120-5/

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