# Mississippi River Dredging Project Moves Closer To Reality | News Talk 99.5 WRNO

> A project to deepen the Mississippi River by five feet could start by October of next year. State officials say each foot of added depth would let a shipper load about $1 million more cargo per vessel. The dredged sediment would be moved to Louisiana's coast to create up to 1,700 acres of wetlands.

- Date: 2018-12-14 · published 2018-12-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61474-mississippi-river-dredging-project-moves-closer-to-reality-news-talk-99-5-wrno
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

A deeper channel allows larger, fuller barges and ships, which could lower per-tonne freight costs for grain exporters over time. Cheaper river transport would support farm-gate prices in the Midwest, though the benefit is years away.

## Read by commodity

- BARGE: bearish ▼

## Sources

- wrno.iheart.com: https://wrno.iheart.com/content/2018-12-14-mississippi-river-dredging-project-moves-closer-to-reality/

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