# Ingram Barge tow is first of 2021 Mississippi River navigation season - Marine Log

> Ingram Barge's M/V R. Clayton McWhorter, pushing 12 barges, passed Lock and Dam 3 near Welch, Minnesota on March 19, the first tow of the 2021 navigation season through Lake Pepin. Ongoing construction at Lock and Dam 25 near Winfield, Missouri will limit navigation on the entire Upper Mississippi until the end of March.

- Date: 2021-03-23 · published 2021-03-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/48012-ingram-barge-tow-is-first-of-2021-mississippi-river-navigation-season-marine-log
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Lock 25 construction restricts barge capacity on the upper river, keeping freight costs elevated and limiting the basis benefit that upriver producers normally get from cheap barge shipping.

## Read by commodity

- BARGE: bullish ▲

## Sources

- marinelog.com: https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/inland/ingram-barge-tow-is-first-of-2021-mississippi-river-navigation-season/

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