# Shipping On The Mississippi River Should Pick Up Next Week - WPR

> Barge traffic on the upper Mississippi could resume early next week if water levels keep dropping, according to a shipping official. Only about 90 barges have reached St. Paul this season, compared with a typical 1,400 by late June. Several locks are expected to reopen around June 17 or 18.

- Date: 2019-06-13 · published 2019-06-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/58794-shipping-on-the-mississippi-river-should-pick-up-next-week-wpr
- 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

The shortfall in upper-river barge arrivals means fewer grain shipments are reaching export channels, which keeps freight rates firm until backlogs clear.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼
- BARGE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2023-02-28 | [River Rebound: Is the Shipping Crisis on the Mississippi Ending? - AgWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16650-river-rebound-is-the-shipping-crisis-on-the-mississippi-ending-agweb.md) | +0.9% | +0.2% |
| CORN | 2022-09-29 | [Low water on the Mississippi River impacting barge traffic \| AP News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16679-low-water-on-the-mississippi-river-impacting-barge-traffic-ap-news.md) | +1.7% | +4.0% |
| CORN | 2024-08-28 | [Ep. 7 Low Water Levels on the Mississippi River: Not the Three-Peat We Want](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16514-ep-7-low-water-levels-on-the-mississippi-river-not-the-three-peat-we-want.md) | +4.4% | +6.8% |
| CORN | 2022-11-15 | [Low Mississippi River water levels drive up shipping costs - Marketplace](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38859-low-mississippi-river-water-levels-drive-up-shipping-costs-marketplace.md) | -1.3% | -5.1% |
| CORN | 2023-04-27 | [Flooding on Upper Mississippi River to halt barge traffic for weeks, USDA says](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16633-flooding-on-upper-mississippi-river-to-halt-barge-traffic-for-weeks-usda-says.md) | -0.9% | -4.0% |
| SOY | 2023-02-28 | [River Rebound: Is the Shipping Crisis on the Mississippi Ending? - AgWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16650-river-rebound-is-the-shipping-crisis-on-the-mississippi-ending-agweb.md) | +1.5% | -5.0% |
| SOY | 2024-08-28 | [Ep. 7 Low Water Levels on the Mississippi River: Not the Three-Peat We Want](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16514-ep-7-low-water-levels-on-the-mississippi-river-not-the-three-peat-we-want.md) | +4.0% | +8.9% |
| SOY | 2017-10-02 | [Mississippi River Shipping Backlog Hits Farmers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68347-mississippi-river-shipping-backlog-hits-farmers.md) | +0.4% | +0.7% |

## Sources

- wpr.org: https://www.wpr.org/economy/shipping-mississippi-river-should-pick-next-week

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