# Despite Hurricane Laura's punch downstream, Mississippi River corridor shipping operations 'dodge a bullet' | St. Louis Metro

> Hurricane Laura caused damage downstream on the Gulf Coast, but Mississippi River corridor shipping operations were largely spared, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Officials said the river system absorbed the effects with limited disruption.

- Date: 2020-08-28 · published 2020-08-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/51776-despite-hurricane-laura-s-punch-downstream-mississippi-river-corridor-shipping
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Barge grain movements on the Mississippi largely continued, so no meaningful freight-cost spike is implied, though Gulf export logistics bear watching.

## Read by commodity

- BARGE: neutral

## Sources

- spotonmissouri.com: https://spotonmissouri.com/st-louis-metro/989384/despite-hurricane-lauras-punch-downstream.html

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