# Low Water on the Mississippi Slows Critical Freight Flows

> A Bureau of Transportation Statistics report says the Mississippi River carries more than half of the 165.5 million tons of freight moving between the 12 Upper Mississippi System states and Louisiana. Low water levels on the Lower River are currently hampering those freight flows.

- Date: 2025-03-12 · published 2025-03-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/25770-low-water-on-the-mississippi-slows-critical-freight-flows
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Shallow water raises barge costs and cuts how much grain and fertilizer can move south, which tends to widen basis and lift freight rates for grain shippers.

## Read by commodity

- BARGE: bullish ▲

## Sources

- doi.org: https://doi.org/10.21949/1531450

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