# Harvest Shipping Faces Logistics Challenges - The Waterways Journal

> The Coast Guard and Army Corps of Engineers are working to reopen waterways in southeast Louisiana damaged by Hurricane Ida. About 85 obstructions were identified in the Bayou Lafourche channel, and 366 of 408 damaged navigation aids have been restored or temporarily corrected.

- Date: 2021-10-01 · published 2021-10-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/44432-harvest-shipping-faces-logistics-challenges-the-waterways-journal
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Remaining obstructions and shoaling on Gulf waterways slow grain barge and vessel movements, adding logistics cost and tightening export capacity during harvest.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- BARGE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2019-10-25 | [Harvest Season Could Be Subdued For Barges - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56459-harvest-season-could-be-subdued-for-barges-the-waterways-journal.md) | -1.8% | -3.5% |
| SOY | 2023-08-25 | [Low Water Continues For Middle Mississippi - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16608-low-water-continues-for-middle-mississippi-the-waterways-journal.md) | -0.4% | -5.1% |
| SOY | 2024-10-25 | [Horizons: Low Water Equals Rising Freight Rates - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16501-horizons-low-water-equals-rising-freight-rates-the-waterways-journal.md) | -1.4% | -1.9% |
| SOY | 2022-01-14 | [Ice, Low Water Affecting Navigation - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16733-ice-low-water-affecting-navigation-the-waterways-journal.md) | +3.6% | +15.9% |
| SOY | 2022-10-21 | [Low Water And Mississippi River Drafts - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16676-low-water-and-mississippi-river-drafts-the-waterways-journal.md) | -0.7% | +1.8% |

## Sources

- waterwaysjournal.net: https://www.waterwaysjournal.net/2021/10/01/harvest-shipping-faces-logistics-challenges/

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