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A FreightWeek STL panel discussed how the Missouri and Mississippi rivers stayed open during last year's drought better than in earlier droughts. The Corps deployed five dredges across 70 locations and moved about 10 million cubic yards of material.
Officials described a Missouri River drought action plan.
Better river management reduces the risk of barge rate spikes and cargo shifts to rail and truck, which supports stable freight costs for feed grain shipments.
waterwaysjournal.netDavid MurrayJun 5, 2023Not 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.
