# 2019 navigation season wraps up > St. Paul District > News Releases

> The US Army Corps of Engineers St. Paul District reported the last tow of the 2019 Upper Mississippi navigation season departed St. Paul on November 28. The season saw more than 12,000 commercial vessels and 77 million tons shipped, about 30% less tonnage than 2018.

- Date: 2019-12-02 · published 2019-12-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/55477-2019-navigation-season-wraps-up-st-paul-district-news-releases
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

A roughly 30% drop in river tonnage reduces barge capacity available for northern grain and oilseed exports, supporting higher freight costs and wider northern basis. The impact is largely backward-looking for 2019.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral
- BARGE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2020-09-22 | [Progress continues on damaged Lower Missouri River Navigation Channel > Kansas City District > News Releases](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51305-progress-continues-on-damaged-lower-missouri-river-navigation-channel-kansas.md) | +0.2% | +5.8% |
| CORN | 2019-12-09 | [UMR 2019 Barge Navigation Season Ends; Duluth Grain Shipping End Near](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55476-umr-2019-barge-navigation-season-ends-duluth-grain-shipping-end-near.md) | -2.5% | +1.2% |
| CORN | 2023-02-13 | [Record setting dredging season comes to an end > St. Louis District > News Stories](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16649-record-setting-dredging-season-comes-to-an-end-st-louis-district-news-stories.md) | -1.3% | -6.3% |
| CORN | 2023-02-13 | [A shorter navigation season expected for MO River - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37496-a-shorter-navigation-season-expected-for-mo-river-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -1.3% | -6.3% |
| CORN | 2023-06-28 | [Corps of Engineers forecasts full river navigation season \| Jefferson City News Tribune](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35678-corps-of-engineers-forecasts-full-river-navigation-season-jefferson-city-news.md) | -7.6% | -0.5% |
| SOY | 2019-12-09 | [UMR 2019 Barge Navigation Season Ends; Duluth Grain Shipping End Near](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55476-umr-2019-barge-navigation-season-ends-duluth-grain-shipping-end-near.md) | +2.0% | +5.1% |
| SOY | 2023-02-13 | [Record setting dredging season comes to an end > St. Louis District > News Stories](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16649-record-setting-dredging-season-comes-to-an-end-st-louis-district-news-stories.md) | -1.0% | -2.8% |
| SOY | 2026-07-31 | [MO River runoff will shorten navigation season \| 680 KFEQ](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18544-mo-river-runoff-will-shorten-navigation-season-680-kfeq.md) | -1.3% | +3.8% |

## Sources

- mvp.usace.army.mil: https://www.mvp.usace.army.mil/Media/News-Releases/Article/2029850/2019-navigation-season-wraps-up/

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