# A NUMBERS GAME - Biz New Orleans

> The Port of South Louisiana handled 224.7 million short tons through the third quarter of 2018, slightly below 2017's pace. Port officials expect grain shipments to rise in the fourth quarter and project more than 300 million tons for the year. Officials also cited $25 billion in announced projects in the port district.

- Date: 2018-12-20 · published 2018-12-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61757-a-numbers-game-biz-new-orleans
- 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

Strong fourth-quarter grain loadings at Gulf ports support export demand and barge utilization. Throughput figures give a sense of export flow but do not signal a sharp price move on their own.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral
- BARGE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2025-11-21 | [Grain Movement Into New Orleans Shifts From Usual Routes This Fall - AgWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16413-grain-movement-into-new-orleans-shifts-from-usual-routes-this-fall-agweb.md) | +1.1% | +2.0% |
| CORN | 2019-07-16 | [The Port of New Orleans reopens as embargoes slow rail traffic \| 2019-07-16  \| Food Business News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58110-the-port-of-new-orleans-reopens-as-embargoes-slow-rail-traffic-2019-07-16-food.md) | -2.3% | -9.8% |
| CORN | 2021-07-19 | [New grain terminal opens on “Ag Coast of America”](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45962-new-grain-terminal-opens-on-ag-coast-of-america.md) | -1.1% | +0.0% |
| CORN | 2019-04-01 | [Northern Rivers Come out of Hibernation With a Vengeance](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59486-northern-rivers-come-out-of-hibernation-with-a-vengeance.md) | +0.2% | -2.9% |
| CORN | 2019-11-27 | [Farmers eager to get harvest back on track \| CBC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56077-farmers-eager-to-get-harvest-back-on-track-cbc-news.md) | +0.8% | +2.4% |
| SOY | 2025-11-21 | [Grain Movement Into New Orleans Shifts From Usual Routes This Fall - AgWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16413-grain-movement-into-new-orleans-shifts-from-usual-routes-this-fall-agweb.md) | +1.4% | -6.5% |
| SOY | 2019-04-01 | [Northern Rivers Come out of Hibernation With a Vengeance](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59486-northern-rivers-come-out-of-hibernation-with-a-vengeance.md) | +1.7% | -4.2% |
| SOY | 2019-02-11 | [Some infrastructure gains, but more needed](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60486-some-infrastructure-gains-but-more-needed.md) | -0.8% | -4.0% |

## Sources

- bizneworleans.com: https://bizneworleans.com/a-numbers-game/

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