# Port Update - New Orleans / Mississippi River - 2025-04-29 | Moran

> The New Orleans Board of Trade's daily Mississippi River report for April 29, 2025 lists high-water restrictions, including tug escort requirements, single-vessel transit limits and daylight-only transits between Mile 170 and 182. The Corps has three dredges working in Southwest Pass, with a 50-foot controlling draft for deep-draft vessels. A possible opening of the Bonnet Carre spillway was flagged for the following week.

- Date: 2025-04-29 · published 2025-04-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/25311-port-update-new-orleans-mississippi-river-2025-04-29-moran
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md), [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md)

## Why it matters

Transit limits and high water slow vessel traffic at the Gulf export position, which can tighten ocean freight availability and firm export logistics costs for grain and meal shipments.

## Read by commodity

- BARGE: bullish ▲
- OCEANFRT: bullish ▲

## Sources

- moranshipping.com: https://www.moranshipping.com/news/bulletins/port-update-new-orleans-slash-mississippi-river-2025-04-29

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