# Missouri River Container-on-Barge Service receives Marine Highway designation | Missouri Department of Transportation

> MoDOT received one of six Marine Highway Project designations for a container-on-barge service on the Missouri River. The service, developed with AGRIServices of Brunswick, would move agricultural products from central Missouri to Gulf of Mexico markets as early as 2022.

- Date: 2021-08-25 · published 2021-08-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/45729-missouri-river-container-on-barge-service-receives-marine-highway-designation
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

A new container-on-barge option could add competing freight capacity for agricultural exports on the Missouri River, potentially easing logistics costs over time, though the effect is small and years away.

## Read by commodity

- BARGE: bearish ▼

## Sources

- modot.org: https://www.modot.org/node/23799

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