# 2019: The Annual Review Of Waterway Events - The Waterways Journal

> The Waterways Journal's annual review describes 2019's spring floods, which set or broke dozens of river flood records and halted or slowed barge traffic across river systems. It also notes that the flooding damaged aging lock and dam infrastructure and that supplementary federal dredging money is only now arriving.

- Date: 2019-12-13 · published 2019-12-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/55744-2019-the-annual-review-of-waterway-events-the-waterways-journal
- 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

Prolonged barge disruptions raised inland freight costs and constrained grain movement, supporting basis weakness for interior farm prices. Ongoing infrastructure damage points to continued navigation risk in coming years.

## Read by commodity

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

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-09-27 | [Upper Mississippi River On The Rise Again - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56949-upper-mississippi-river-on-the-rise-again-the-waterways-journal.md) | -0.5% | +0.9% |
| CORN | 2018-06-07 | [Rising Tide Of Oil And Gas Is Moving Barge Rates Back Up - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64691-rising-tide-of-oil-and-gas-is-moving-barge-rates-back-up-the-waterways-journal.md) | -1.2% | -6.3% |
| CORN | 2020-04-20 | [ARTCO Plans New Barge Fleeting Area - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53515-artco-plans-new-barge-fleeting-area-the-waterways-journal.md) | -2.0% | -2.2% |
| CORN | 2020-03-23 | [Allision Leads To Breakaway And River Closure - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54031-allision-leads-to-breakaway-and-river-closure-the-waterways-journal.md) | -0.8% | -5.0% |
| CORN | 2017-12-11 | [Pere Marquette Last Vessel Out Of St. Paul - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67373-pere-marquette-last-vessel-out-of-st-paul-the-waterways-journal.md) | +4.7% | +5.7% |
| SOY | 2019-09-27 | [Upper Mississippi River On The Rise Again - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56949-upper-mississippi-river-on-the-rise-again-the-waterways-journal.md) | +2.6% | +5.0% |
| SOY | 2018-06-07 | [Rising Tide Of Oil And Gas Is Moving Barge Rates Back Up - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64691-rising-tide-of-oil-and-gas-is-moving-barge-rates-back-up-the-waterways-journal.md) | -5.9% | -16.0% |
| SOY | 2018-11-09 | [Report Touts Containerization For Soy Exports - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61944-report-touts-containerization-for-soy-exports-the-waterways-journal.md) | +2.4% | +4.9% |

## Sources

- waterwaysjournal.net: https://www.waterwaysjournal.net/2019/12/13/2019-the-annual-review-of-waterway-events/

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