# Dredging the Upper Mississippi: 
        Northwestern University Transportation Center - Northwestern University

> Northwestern University Transportation Center discusses persistent Upper Mississippi flooding, sedimentation and sandbars that reduce channel depths and barge capacity. The piece features an interview with an Army Corps dredging manager in St. Paul.

- Date: 2020-02-03 · published 2020-02-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/54497-dredging-the-upper-mississippi-northwestern-university-transportation-center
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Reduced channel depth and barge capacity on the Upper Mississippi raise transport costs for Midwest grain, which can widen basis and weigh on farm prices.

## Read by commodity

- BARGE: bullish ▲

## Sources

- transportation.northwestern.edu: https://transportation.northwestern.edu/news-events/articles/2020/dredging-the-upper-mississippi.html

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