# COVID-19 Effects On Cargo Are Hard To Quantify - The Waterways Journal

> The Corps of Engineers says barge cargo data has not shown the strong COVID-19 impacts it expected, with lock performance figures showing little change from prior years. Locks and dams have had no operational disruptions from the virus.

- Date: 2020-06-26 · published 2020-06-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/52803-covid-19-effects-on-cargo-are-hard-to-quantify-the-waterways-journal
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Steady barge volumes suggest river freight demand and rates are not being hit hard by the pandemic, so feed-ingredient transport costs are unlikely to move much on this alone.

## Read by commodity

- BARGE: neutral

## Sources

- waterwaysjournal.net: https://www.waterwaysjournal.net/2020/06/26/covid-19-cargo-barge-lock-performance-effects/

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