# Continued Flooding On Mississippi River Increases Dredging, Delays Shipping - DredgeWire : DredgeWire

> The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says spring flooding on the upper Mississippi has flushed heavy sediment into the navigation channel, raising dredging needs at a dozen or more locations versus two or three in a typical spring. Dredges are working to clear the channel before river levels fall. The sediment load traces partly to sustained wet weather last fall.

- Date: 2019-05-29 · published 2019-05-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59260-continued-flooding-on-mississippi-river-increases-dredging-delays-shipping
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Dredging backlogs and slower navigation on the upper Mississippi reduce barge capacity and raise freight costs for grain shipments, which supports higher barge rates and weighs on river-delivered grain basis.

## Read by commodity

- BARGE: bullish ▲

## Sources

- dredgewire.com: https://dredgewire.com/continued-flooding-on-mississippi-river-increases-dredging-delays-shipping/

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