# STL Freightway Panel Details Drought, Flood Lessons Learned - The Waterways Journal

> 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.

- Date: 2023-06-05 · published 2023-06-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/35671-stl-freightway-panel-details-drought-flood-lessons-learned-the-waterways-journal
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

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.

## Read by commodity

- BARGE: bearish ▼

## Sources

- waterwaysjournal.net: https://www.waterwaysjournal.net/2023/06/05/stl-freightway-panel-details-drought-flood-lessons-learned/

---
Data from Feedsoft AI (https://feedsoft.ai/). For information only; not investment advice.