# Grain barge transit resumes on Lower Mississippi River | Feed Strategy

> The US Coast Guard lifted the waterway restriction under the I-40 bridge near Memphis, allowing grain and feed barges to resume transit on the Lower Mississippi. At the time, 62 vessels and 1,058 barges were queued. Vehicle traffic on the bridge remained closed.

- Date: 2021-05-14 · published 2021-05-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/46998-grain-barge-transit-resumes-on-lower-mississippi-river-feed-strategy
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Reopening should ease the barge queue and lower the freight premium that had built up during the closure. Export flows through the Gulf should recover over the following weeks.

## Read by commodity

- BARGE: bearish ▼

## Sources

- feedstrategy.com: https://www.feedstrategy.com/latest-news/article/15442206/grain-barge-transit-resumes-on-lower-mississippi-river

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