# Armada of barges cleared for Mississippi River shipments after floods

> The upper Mississippi River reopened to barge traffic on June 21 after U.S. Coast Guard clearances at St. Louis harbor. Dozens of towboats and hundreds of delayed barges then tried to maneuver upriver at once. The river had not been fully navigable since November because of winter closures and spring flooding.

- Date: 2019-06-21 · published 2019-06-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/58495-armada-of-barges-cleared-for-mississippi-river-shipments-after-floods
- 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

Barge bottlenecks slow the movement of export-bound corn and soybeans to Gulf terminals, which tightens freight availability and supports barge rates while stocks build up in the farm belt.

## Read by commodity

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

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2016-11-21 | [Mississippi River Reopened after Barge Breakaway](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73762-mississippi-river-reopened-after-barge-breakaway.md) | -0.1% | +1.3% |
| CORN | 2026-02-20 | [2025 barge grain movements rise despite weather challenges on Mississippi River System \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16383-2025-barge-grain-movements-rise-despite-weather-challenges-on-mississippi-river.md) | +1.4% | +8.9% |
| CORN | 2019-06-27 | [Mixed emotions as Upper Mississippi River reopens to barges](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58498-mixed-emotions-as-upper-mississippi-river-reopens-to-barges.md) | -2.5% | -4.4% |
| CORN | 2021-05-13 | [U.S. barge backup worsens as Mississippi River shut near Memphis](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46997-u-s-barge-backup-worsens-as-mississippi-river-shut-near-memphis.md) | -7.7% | -2.2% |
| CORN | 2019-02-26 | [Extreme water flows on the Mississippi River - The Swedish Club](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60483-extreme-water-flows-on-the-mississippi-river-the-swedish-club.md) | -1.5% | +0.9% |
| SOY | 2016-11-21 | [Mississippi River Reopened after Barge Breakaway](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73762-mississippi-river-reopened-after-barge-breakaway.md) | +6.3% | +2.8% |
| SOY | 2019-06-27 | [Mixed emotions as Upper Mississippi River reopens to barges](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58498-mixed-emotions-as-upper-mississippi-river-reopens-to-barges.md) | -1.0% | -1.3% |
| SOY | 2019-02-26 | [Extreme water flows on the Mississippi River - The Swedish Club](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60483-extreme-water-flows-on-the-mississippi-river-the-swedish-club.md) | -0.9% | -0.6% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-weather-mississippi/armada-of-barges-cleared-for-mississippi-river-shipments-after-floods-idUSKCN1TM1SQ/

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