# Barge Industry Rights Itself - The Waterways Journal

> Lower Mississippi and Gulf inland transport is still recovering from Hurricanes Ida and Nicholas, with some grain elevators offline for weeks. Corn and wheat export inspections in the week ending September 9 were 75% below the same week of 2020. Power outages and early damage estimates have been partly revised down, as reported by the trade press.

- Date: 2021-09-24 · published 2021-09-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/44994-barge-industry-rights-itself-the-waterways-journal
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Lower export inspections and slower barge movements weigh on US cash grain demand at the Gulf, while barge capacity is recovering. Freight conditions are normalizing, which eases pressure on barge rates.

## Read by commodity

- BARGE: bearish ▼

## Sources

- waterwaysjournal.net: https://www.waterwaysjournal.net/2021/09/24/barge-industry-rights-itself/

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