# When it rains, it pours for America’s barge industry

> Record Midwest floods have halted much of US barge traffic, and the American Waterways Operators say the industry is nowhere near normal. Coal flows are declining, shippers are pressing for lower rates, and uncertainty over US-China trade is weighing on soybean barge demand.

- Date: 2019-09-09 · published 2019-09-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/56944-when-it-rains-it-pours-for-america-s-barge-industry
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Persistent barge disruption and weak demand keep river freight elevated and pressure grain flows, which can widen Gulf basis and raise delivered feed costs.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- BARGE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2020-10-01 | [America's Barometer \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50541-america-s-barometer-feed-and-grain.md) | +2.7% | +3.3% |
| SOY | 2022-01-20 | [Barge Industry Reports Delays Due to Winter Weather \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16734-barge-industry-reports-delays-due-to-winter-weather-feed-and-grain.md) | +3.5% | +14.1% |
| SOY | 2021-09-13 | [Hurricane Ida threw teh barge industry into a tizzy along the Mississippi River](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44996-hurricane-ida-threw-teh-barge-industry-into-a-tizzy-along-the-mississippi-river.md) | +0.7% | -2.5% |
| SOY | 2024-11-06 | [After dry fall, farmers eager for rain \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13139-after-dry-fall-farmers-eager-for-rain-agri-pulse-communications-inc.md) | +1.0% | -1.0% |
| SOY | 2022-08-19 | [Possible Mid-September Labor Stoppage Adds Worry to Grain Industry - ProAg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40071-possible-mid-september-labor-stoppage-adds-worry-to-grain-industry-proag.md) | +3.8% | -3.1% |

## Sources

- ajot.com: https://www.ajot.com/premium/ajot-when-it-rains-it-pours-for-americas-barge-industry

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