# Barge string breaks free after towboat hits Upper Mississippi dike – Professional Mariner

> Twelve barges carrying corn broke away after the towboat Kevin Michael hit a dike near Lock and Dam 25 on the Upper Mississippi on September 26. The lock was closed for about 15 hours and intermittently over the following week, and salvage work closed it again on October 5. No one was injured and there was no environmental damage.

- Date: 2018-11-30 · published 2018-11-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61946-barge-string-breaks-free-after-towboat-hits-upper-mississippi-dike-professional
- 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

Lock closures temporarily slow corn barge movements on the Upper Mississippi, but this incident was resolved in October and has little lasting effect on corn prices.

## 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 | 2018-04-25 | [Damaged lock forces closure of Mississippi River in Illinois – Professional Mariner](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65675-damaged-lock-forces-closure-of-mississippi-river-in-illinois-professional.md) | +2.4% | +5.0% |
| 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% |
| CORN | 2023-05-01 | [Flood Waters Continue to Stop Barge Traffic on Upper Mississippi](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36107-flood-waters-continue-to-stop-barge-traffic-on-upper-mississippi.md) | +0.3% | -1.8% |
| CORN | 2019-10-01 | [‘Unprecedented’ flooding idles barges, raises dredging concerns – Professional Mariner](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56463-unprecedented-flooding-idles-barges-raises-dredging-concerns-professional.md) | +1.5% | -0.6% |
| 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 | 2018-04-25 | [Damaged lock forces closure of Mississippi River in Illinois – Professional Mariner](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65675-damaged-lock-forces-closure-of-mississippi-river-in-illinois-professional.md) | +2.0% | +0.8% |
| SOY | 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) | +0.8% | -7.8% |

## Sources

- professionalmariner.com: https://professionalmariner.com/barge-string-breaks-free-after-towboat-hits-upper-mississippi-dike/

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