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The Jerry F. Costello Lock and Dam on the Kaskaskia River used creative operating measures to stay open longer during record Mississippi flooding this spring and summer.
The Kaskaskia moves about 1.5 million tons of cargo annually, including grain outbound.
Keeping the lock open limited disruption to regional grain movements during the flood, easing pressure on barge and rail alternatives and local basis.
dailyregister.comSubmitted by The St. Louis Regional FreightwaySep 10, 2019Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
