# Mississippi River maintenance dredging completed in USACE Memphis District

> Maintenance dredging of 985,000 cubic metres was completed across all 10 harbours in the Memphis District of the Army Corps, under a $7.9 million contract awarded in April 2019. The work took five months to keep the channel open for cargo barges.

- Date: 2020-01-10 · published 2020-01-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/54980-mississippi-river-maintenance-dredging-completed-in-usace-memphis-district
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Keeping the Memphis reach open supports barge access for grain, a routine maintenance event with little direct effect on commodity prices.

## Read by commodity

- BARGE: neutral

## Sources

- bairdmaritime.com: https://www.bairdmaritime.com/commercial-mariner/cm-marine-projects/mississippi-river-maintenance-dredging-completed-in-usace-memphis-district

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